Horace Mann Elementary

Horace Mann Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in West Allis, Wisconsin, operated by West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, with 384 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

West Allis-West Milwaukee School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,619 students; Horace Mann Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Horace Mann Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 33% White, 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Horace Mann Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Horace Mann Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.9%.

In the surrounding community, Milwaukee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Horace Mann Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is West Milwaukee Intermediate, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Horace Mann Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Horace Mann Elementary's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 384). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 35% to 42%.

On the community side, members of the Horace Mann Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.