Enrollment
194
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001181
Hampton Elementary
5000 N 53rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53218 · (414) 393-5400 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL194 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
181 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 | 31 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
33%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
21.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
21.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 30.9% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Hampton Elementary
Hampton Elementary's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Elementary this school | 194 | 93.3% | 28.4% |
| Kilbourn Elementary Milwaukee | 218 | 91.3% | 26.8% |
| Bryant Elementary Milwaukee | 212 | 91.0% | 17.2% |
| Maple Tree Elementary Milwaukee | 235 | 94.9% | 13.4% |
| LaFollette Elementary Milwaukee | 216 | 94.9% | 9.5% |
| Hartford Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 256 | 93.0% | 11.2% |
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 Hampton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #854 of 982 | #82 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #881 of 992 ▼ 47 | #93 of 174 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #888 of 992 ▼ 8 | #100 of 174 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 194 | #916 of 1,157 | #160 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #31 of 1,064 | #28 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #337 of 664 | #72 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
194
+5 (+3%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 194 | 9.4 | 20.6:1 | 93% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 9.6 | 15.6:1 | 96% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 12.3 | 13.3:1 | 93% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | 19 | 9.9:1 | 97% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 13.5 | 16.8:1 | 98% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 14 | 18.3:1 | 77% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 96% (359) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 69% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 30 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hampton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (227 to 194); teachers down 30% (13.5 to 9.4).
About Hampton Elementary
Hampton Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It enrolled 194 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
Hampton Elementary is one of 155 schools in Milwaukee School District, which enrolls 65,835 students in total.
Hampton Elementary enrolls a student body that is 81% Black. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Milwaukee County's population at about 26%. Hampton Elementary has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 9.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.6:1. The 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hampton Elementary, the prediction is 20.4% and the result is 28.4%.
Milwaukee County has these Census figures: 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%. The public schools of Milwaukee County number 284 and enroll about 122,496.
The school nearest to Hampton Elementary is Obama School of Career and Technical Education, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Within five miles of Hampton Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hampton Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Hampton Elementary saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 9.9:1 in 2020-21 and 20.6:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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- Obama School of Career and Technical EducationCombined · 1,294 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,240 students
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- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
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- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Other Hampton Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Hampton Elementary. Hampton Elementary is the 9th largest of the 11.
- Hampton ElementaryHampton, TN · 662 students
- Hampton Elementary SchoolROCHESTER HILLS, MI · 567 students
- Hampton ElementaryLutherville, MD · 555 students
- Hampton Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 466 students
- Hampton Elementary SchoolBAY CITY, MI · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Obama School of Career and Technical Education0.5 mi · 1,294
- Congress Elementary0.7 mi · 607
- Browning Elementary0.9 mi · 279
- Lancaster Elementary0.9 mi · 316
- Kilbourn Elementary1.0 mi · 218
- Central City Cyberschool1.0 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Hampton ElementaryHow large is Hampton Elementary?
Hampton Elementary enrolls approximately 194 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hampton Elementary serve?
Hampton Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hampton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hampton Elementary is approximately 20.6:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hampton Elementary?
Student demographics at Hampton Elementary are roughly 2% White, 9% Hispanic, 81% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hampton Elementary in?
Hampton Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
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