Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001173
Goodrich Elementary
8251 N Celina St, Milwaukee, WI 53224 · (262) 236-1500 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
289 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 42 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
14.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.8% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 21.4% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 →
Where Goodrich Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #904 of 982 | #108 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #918 of 992 | #116 of 174 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #908 of 992 | #111 of 174 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #582 of 1,157 | #103 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #695 of 901 | #66 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #300 of 901 | #74 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #37 of 1,064 | #34 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #532 of 664 | #105 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
312
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 312 | 20.7 | 15.1:1 | 93% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 92% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 90% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | 88% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 11.7 | 28.6:1 | 82% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 12 | 24.0:1 | 74% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 76% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 19 | 19.9:1 | 69% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goodrich Elementary.
About Goodrich Elementary
Goodrich Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There are 312 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Goodrich Elementary is one school in a 155-school district, Milwaukee School District, which enrolls 65,835 students.
The student body at Goodrich Elementary is 67% Black. It is also 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% White. Milwaukee County's residents are about 26% Black, 41 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Goodrich Elementary has 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 14.7:1. The school has 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 29 points lower.
Goodrich Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (18.9%) and its predicted rate (20.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
In the wider Milwaukee County area, median household income comes to about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Milwaukee County's 284 public schools enroll about 122,496 students and include Goodrich Elementary.
Vincent Accelerated Academy is about 0.9 miles from Goodrich Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Goodrich Elementary is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 312, down from 323 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 17.0:1 to 15.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Goodrich Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Goodrich ElementaryHow many students attend Goodrich Elementary?
Goodrich Elementary enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Goodrich Elementary serve?
Goodrich Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Goodrich Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Goodrich Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Goodrich Elementary?
Student demographics at Goodrich Elementary are roughly 3% White, 7% Hispanic, 67% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Goodrich Elementary public or private?
Goodrich Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.