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Alumni: what's one memory from Grantosa Drive Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001176
Grantosa Drive Elementary
4850 N 82nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53218 · (414) 393-4400 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
464 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 41% smaller than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
22%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
13.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
8.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.9% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 7.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% 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 →
Schools most like Grantosa Drive Elementary
Grantosa Drive Elementary's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantosa Drive Elementary this school | 506 | 91.7% | 10.8% |
| Congress Elementary Milwaukee | 607 | 89.3% | 11.9% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street Milwaukee | 492 | 90.7% | 32.9% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street Milwaukee | 474 | 87.8% | 26.4% |
| Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary Milwaukee | 384 | 92.2% | 9.1% |
| Thoreau Elementary Milwaukee | 353 | 95.8% | 13.6% |
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 Grantosa Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #953 of 982 | #145 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #957 of 992 ▼ 3 | #146 of 174 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #936 of 992 ▲ 43 | #128 of 174 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #142 of 1,157 | #32 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #844 of 901 | #126 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #725 of 901 | #127 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #46 of 1,064 | #41 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #225 of 664 | #49 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
506
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 506 | 28.3 | 17.9:1 | 92% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 26.9 | 20.5:1 | 91% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 31.1 | 16.4:1 | 92% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 93% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 28.5 | 22.1:1 | 89% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 80% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 43 | 15.0:1 | 85% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 69% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grantosa Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (629 to 506); teachers down 1% (28.5 to 28.3).
About Grantosa Drive Elementary
Grantosa Drive Elementary is an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it is part of Milwaukee School District. A total of 506 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8. Against the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 57% higher.
Milwaukee School District has 65,835 students spread across 155 schools.
Most students at Grantosa Drive Elementary are Black: 88% of enrollment. The remaining students are 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Milwaukee County is about 26% Black. By the diversity index, Grantosa Drive Elementary comes in at 22%.
Teachers at the school number 28.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.9:1. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.4% for Grantosa Drive Elementary. The school posts 10.8%, 10.6 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Milwaukee County this way: median household income is about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,496.
HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12 is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Grantosa Drive Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 20.8%, higher than Grantosa Drive Elementary's 10.8%.
Federal data place Grantosa Drive Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Grantosa Drive Elementary saw enrollment fall 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 15.6:1 to 17.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Grantosa Drive Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Milwaukee School District
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
- Obama School of Career and Technical EducationCombined · 1,294 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,240 students
Other schools in Milwaukee
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Milwaukee Academy of ScienceCombined · 1,711 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-120.4 mi · 1,974
- Engleburg Elementary0.7 mi · 286
- Craig Montessori School0.7 mi · 220
- Lancaster Elementary0.8 mi · 316
- Emerson Elementary0.9 mi · 187
- Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus1.0 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Grantosa Drive ElementaryHow large is Grantosa Drive Elementary?
Grantosa Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-08.
Is Grantosa Drive Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grantosa Drive Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Grantosa Drive Elementary?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Grantosa Drive Elementary.
How diverse is Grantosa Drive Elementary?
Grantosa Drive Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 88% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Grantosa Drive Elementary in?
Grantosa Drive Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.