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What's one thing Humboldt Park Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001190
Humboldt Park Elementary
3230 S Adams Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207 · (414) 294-1700 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
502 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 | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
71%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
33.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.4% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 33.6% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Humboldt Park Elementary
Humboldt Park Elementary's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Park Elementary this school | 604 | 83.1% | 33.7% |
| Garland Elementary Milwaukee | 541 | 88.7% | 24.3% |
| Victory Elementary Milwaukee | 419 | 95.2% | 23.0% |
| U S Grant School Milwaukee | 585 | 96.4% | 22.1% |
| Wilson Elementary Sheboygan | 472 | 70.8% | 58.1% |
| Lake View Elementary Madison | 292 | 73.6% | 32.4% |
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 Humboldt Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #812 of 982 | #71 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #842 of 992 ▼ 34 | #83 of 174 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #802 of 992 ▼ 6 | #73 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #60 of 1,157 | #16 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #868 of 901 | #141 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #53 of 901 | #15 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #105 of 1,064 | #81 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #191 of 240 | #26 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
604
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 604 | 31 | 19.5:1 | 83% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 31.4 | 18.8:1 | 85% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 28.6 | 19.5:1 | 81% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 83% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 20 | 29.4:1 | 77% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 67% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 65% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 69% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 30 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Humboldt Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (587 to 604); teachers up 55% (20 to 31).
About Humboldt Park Elementary
Humboldt Park Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Students in pre-K through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 604 students. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 87% higher.
Humboldt Park Elementary is one school in Milwaukee School District, a system of 155 schools with 65,835 students.
The biggest share of students at Humboldt Park Elementary, 43%, is Asian. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 15% White, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Milwaukee County's population at about 5%. The diversity index for Humboldt Park Elementary is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Humboldt Park Elementary, there are about 19.5 students; the school has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 83%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Humboldt Park Elementary outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 26.7%. Humboldt Park Elementary scores 33.7%.
The school is in Milwaukee County, where median household income comes to about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Milwaukee County counts 284 public schools with about 122,496 students.
Of the public schools around it, Humboldt Park Elementary is closest to Milwaukee Parkside School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 36.7% on proficiency, and Humboldt Park Elementary is below that at 33.7%.
Humboldt Park Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The school's student count increased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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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- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- Milwaukee Parkside School0.4 mi · 859
- Bay View High0.6 mi · 1,021
- Clement Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 238
- Bay View Montessori School0.9 mi · 449
- Downtown Montessori0.9 mi · 218
- Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies1.0 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Humboldt Park ElementaryHow large is Humboldt Park Elementary?
Humboldt Park Elementary enrolls approximately 604 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Humboldt Park Elementary serve?
Humboldt Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Humboldt Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Humboldt Park Elementary is approximately 19.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Humboldt Park Elementary?
At Humboldt Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 43% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Humboldt Park Elementary public or private?
Humboldt Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.