Enrollment
166
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001187
Hi-Mount Elementary
4921 W Garfield Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53208 · (414) 875-2700 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
155 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 | 14 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
25%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
6.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
5.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| 2023-24 | 6.7% | 12.7% |
% 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
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 Hi-Mount Elementary
Hi-Mount Elementary's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi-Mount Elementary this school | 166 | 93.4% | 13.1% |
| Siefert Elementary Milwaukee | 174 | 92.5% | 9.7% |
| Clarke Street Elementary Milwaukee | 167 | 94.6% | 11.6% |
| Sherman Elementary Milwaukee | 147 | 90.5% | 8.1% |
| Auer Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 151 | 91.4% | 6.1% |
| Starms Early Childhood Milwaukee | 205 | 91.2% | N/A |
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 Hi-Mount Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #937 of 982 | #131 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.6% | #982 of 992 ▼ 48 | #165 of 174 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.1% | #987 of 992 ▼ 3 | #170 of 174 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #968 of 1,157 | #169 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #30 of 1,064 | #27 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #69 of 664 | #20 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
166
-5 (-3%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 166 | 6.2 | 26.8:1 | 93% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 143 | 5.5 | 26.1:1 | 99% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 12.1 | 12.3:1 | 93% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | 10 | 17.1:1 | 100% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 10.4 | 23.3:1 | 93% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 14 | 20.1:1 | 87% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 89% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 69% (334) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hi-Mount Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (242 to 166); teachers down 40% (10.4 to 6.2).
About Hi-Mount Elementary
Hi-Mount Elementary is an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it is part of Milwaukee School District. It reported 166 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll about 323 students on average.
Milwaukee School District serves 65,835 students across 155 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Hi-Mount Elementary is Black, at 86%. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 2% White, and 2% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 26%. The diversity index for Hi-Mount Elementary is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 26.8:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Hi-Mount Elementary, 93% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.4% for Hi-Mount Elementary. The school posts 13.1%, 7.3 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Hi-Mount Elementary, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Milwaukee French Immersion is closest at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hi-Mount Elementary places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 166, from 171 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.1 to 26.8 over 4 years.
People who know Hi-Mount Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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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- Milwaukee French Immersion0.3 mi · 426
- WHS Information Technology0.6 mi · 402
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- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus0.9 mi · 486
- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street0.9 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Hi-Mount ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hi-Mount Elementary?
Hi-Mount Elementary enrolls approximately 166 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Hi-Mount Elementary serve?
Hi-Mount Elementary serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hi-Mount Elementary have?
Hi-Mount Elementary employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Hi-Mount Elementary?
Student demographics at Hi-Mount Elementary are roughly 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 86% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Hi-Mount Elementary in?
Hi-Mount Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
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