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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001179
Greenfield Bilingual
1711 S 35th St, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · (414) 902-8200 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
476 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 | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
16%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
24.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
15.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 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 up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.2% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 17.3% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Greenfield Bilingual
Greenfield Bilingual's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Bilingual this school | 556 | 85.6% | 22.0% |
| La Causa Charter School Milwaukee | 558 | 87.1% | 18.3% |
| Hayes Bilingual School Milwaukee | 670 | 86.0% | 17.4% |
| ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes Milwaukee | 593 | 87.0% | 29.7% |
| Rogers Street Academy Milwaukee | 570 | 93.0% | 19.5% |
| Arcadia Elementary Arcadia | 531 | 82.7% | 31.6% |
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 Greenfield Bilingual ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #888 of 982 | #99 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #912 of 992 ▼ 3 | #111 of 174 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #873 of 992 ▲ 17 | #92 of 174 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #91 of 1,157 | #25 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #753 of 901 | #80 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #830 of 901 | #148 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #87 of 1,064 | #74 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #221 of 664 | #48 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
556
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 556 | 35.3 | 15.8:1 | 86% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 94% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 33.3 | 16.3:1 | 94% (510) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 99% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 27 | 25.7:1 | 93% (647) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 35 | 19.3:1 | 88% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 94% (579) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 17 | 24.1:1 | 69% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 18 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenfield Bilingual.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (694 to 556); teachers up 31% (27 to 35.3).
About Greenfield Bilingual
Greenfield Bilingual is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school serves 556 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students.
A total of 155 schools make up Milwaukee School District, with 65,835 students enrolled.
The student body at Greenfield Bilingual is 92% Hispanic. Other groups make up 5% Black. County-wide, 17% of Milwaukee County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.8:1, with 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.1 above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 86% of enrollment. That is higher than the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
allk12 grades Greenfield Bilingual a D. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Greenfield Bilingual is 25.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Milwaukee County, the median household income is $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. There are 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, enrolling about 122,496 students in all.
The closest other public school is ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Greenfield Bilingual is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Greenfield Bilingual inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Greenfield Bilingual had 589 students, to 2024-25, when it had 556. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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Nearby schools
- ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes0.2 mi · 593
- Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus0.2 mi · 382
- Seeds of Health Elementary Program0.3 mi · 380
- U S Grant School0.6 mi · 585
- Lad Lake Synergy School0.6 mi · 22
- Doerfler Elementary0.6 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Greenfield BilingualWhat is the total enrollment at Greenfield Bilingual?
Greenfield Bilingual enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Greenfield Bilingual serve?
Greenfield Bilingual serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenfield Bilingual?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenfield Bilingual is approximately 15.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Greenfield Bilingual?
Student demographics at Greenfield Bilingual are roughly 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Greenfield Bilingual in?
Greenfield Bilingual is part of Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.