Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550594000652
Glenwood Elementary
3550 S 51st St, Greenfield, WI 53220 · (414) 545-2280 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
200 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Greenfield School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.3% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 40.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Glenwood Elementary
Glenwood Elementary's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Elementary this school | 307 | 65.1% | 45.9% |
| Longfellow Elementary Eau Claire | 290 | 64.8% | 41.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary West Allis | 393 | 64.6% | 32.8% |
| Baird Elementary Green Bay | 513 | 63.5% | 45.3% |
| Edgewood Elementary Greenfield | 325 | 62.8% | 65.5% |
| Jackson Elementary Green Bay | 382 | 57.6% | 36.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Glenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #685 of 982 | #53 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #718 of 992 ▲ 26 | #56 of 174 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #610 of 992 ▼ 9 | #52 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #600 of 1,157 | #107 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #146 of 901 | #5 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #112 of 901 | #30 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #225 of 1,064 | #110 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #614 of 664 | #124 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
307
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 307 | 27.6 | 11.1:1 | 65% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 23.5 | 13.5:1 | 64% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 20.8 | 15.6:1 | 65% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 40% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 22.7 | 13.9:1 | 53% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 228 | 8 | 28.5:1 | 39% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 262 | 17 | 15.4:1 | 22% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (316 to 307); teachers up 22% (22.7 to 27.6).
About Glenwood Elementary
Glenwood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Greenfield, Wisconsin, (ZIP code 53220). The school enrolls 307 students, from pre-K through 5.
In Greenfield School District, 6 schools enroll a combined 3,380 students.
Enrollment at Glenwood Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 39%. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. In Milwaukee County overall, about 51% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Glenwood Elementary comes in at 68%.
Glenwood Elementary employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, higher than at this school. Glenwood Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 65%. Across public schools in Milwaukee County, the average is about the same, 64%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Glenwood Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Glenwood Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.9% is 8.2 points above the 37.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Milwaukee County residents, median household income is about $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Glenwood Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, which together enroll about 122,496 students.
Hamilton High is located about 0.7 miles from Glenwood Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Glenwood Elementary is ahead of the 22.7% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 307, 4% above the 296 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.3:1 to 11.1:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenfield School District
- Greenfield HighHigh · 1,140 students
- Greenfield MiddleMiddle · 704 students
- Elm Dale ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Maple Grove ElementaryElementary · 427 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 325 students
Other schools in Greenfield
- Greenfield HighHigh · 1,140 students
- Whitnall HighHigh · 821 students
- Greenfield MiddleMiddle · 704 students
- Whitnall MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Elm Dale ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Maple Grove ElementaryElementary · 427 students
Other Glenwood Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 16 states are named Glenwood Elementary. Glenwood Elementary is the 17th largest of the 23.
- Glenwood ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 896 students
- Glenwood ElementaryLake Stevens, WA · 641 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolMedia, PA · 586 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 577 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolChatham, IL · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton High0.7 mi · 1,472
- Audubon Technology and Communication High0.8 mi · 436
- Audubon Technology and Communication Middle0.8 mi · 345
- Whitman Elementary0.9 mi · 339
- Wedgewood Park School0.9 mi · 541
- Manitoba Elementary1.0 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood ElementaryHow many students attend Glenwood Elementary?
Glenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Glenwood Elementary serve?
Glenwood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Glenwood Elementary?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Glenwood Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Glenwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Glenwood Elementary are roughly 39% White, 38% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Glenwood Elementary in?
Glenwood Elementary is part of Greenfield School District.
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