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What's one thing Hayes Bilingual School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960000680
Hayes Bilingual School
971 W Windlake Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53204 · (414) 902-9600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
576 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 | 64 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (68).
Student demographics
5%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
15.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
15.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 16 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 up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.7% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.8% | 13.6% |
% 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Hayes Bilingual School
Hayes Bilingual School's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Bilingual School this school | 670 | 86.0% | 17.4% |
| ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes Milwaukee | 593 | 87.0% | 29.7% |
| La Causa Charter School Milwaukee | 558 | 87.1% | 18.3% |
| Greenfield Bilingual Milwaukee | 556 | 85.6% | 22.0% |
| 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 Hayes Bilingual School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #910 of 982 | #112 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #914 of 992 ▲ 12 | #112 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #920 of 992 ▲ 1 | #117 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #32 of 1,157 | #9 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #710 of 901 | #70 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.7% | #899 of 901 | #156 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #84 of 1,064 | #73 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #95 of 240 | #8 of 33 |
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
670
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
+75% since 2000-01, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 670 | 43.9 | 15.3:1 | 86% (576) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 36.5 | 17.5:1 | 87% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 36.8 | 18.0:1 | 88% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 96% (600) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 35.3 | 17.3:1 | 100% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 20 | 30.7:1 | 89% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 94% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 69% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hayes Bilingual School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (609 to 670); teachers up 24% (35.3 to 43.9).
About Hayes Bilingual School
This page covers Hayes Bilingual School, a large elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 670 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
The Milwaukee School District system has 155 schools and 65,835 students.
About 98% of the student body at Hayes Bilingual School is Hispanic. Among people living in Milwaukee County, the Hispanic share is about 17%. Hayes Bilingual School's diversity index is 5%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.3 students per teacher. That matches the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. It compares with 64% for public schools in Milwaukee County.
The allk12 Grade for Hayes Bilingual School is D. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.9% for Hayes Bilingual School. The school posts 17.4%, 7.5 points below the prediction.
Across Milwaukee County, the median household income is $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools and roughly 122,496 students.
Nearest public school: Forest Home Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 19.2% on proficiency, and Hayes Bilingual School is below that at 17.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment gain, from 624 in 2020-21 to 670 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Forest Home Elementary0.4 mi · 559
- Allen-Field Elementary0.5 mi · 451
- South Division High0.5 mi · 923
- Stellar Collegiate Charter School0.5 mi · 190
- South Accelerated Academy0.5 mi · 57
- La Causa Charter School0.6 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Hayes Bilingual SchoolHow large is Hayes Bilingual School?
Hayes Bilingual School enrolls approximately 670 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hayes Bilingual School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hayes Bilingual School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hayes Bilingual School have?
Hayes Bilingual School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Hayes Bilingual School?
Hayes Bilingual School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Hayes Bilingual School?
Hayes Bilingual School is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.