Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ALLIS-WEST MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551626002107
Irving Elementary
10230 W Grant St, West Allis, WI 53227 · (414) 604-4010 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- C+Beats 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
11.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
223 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 73 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 78% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
42.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 35.4% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Irving Elementary
Irving Elementary's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Elementary this school | 375 | 59.5% | 42.6% |
| Walker Elementary West Allis | 371 | 56.1% | 51.4% |
| Hoover Elementary New Berlin | 335 | 56.1% | 42.5% |
| Rawson Elementary South Milwaukee | 371 | 61.5% | 39.1% |
| Longfellow Elementary Eau Claire | 290 | 64.8% | 41.3% |
| Pier Elementary Fond du Lac | 274 | 61.7% | 40.0% |
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 Irving Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #736 of 982 | #60 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #801 of 992 ▼ 8 | #71 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #692 of 992 ▲ 3 | #61 of 174 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #407 of 1,157 | #73 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #212 of 901 | #13 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #79 of 901 | #21 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #276 of 1,064 | #117 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #255 of 664 | #54 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
375
+44 (+13%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 375 | 32.2 | 11.6:1 | 59% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 35.1 | 10.7:1 | 50% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 30.5 | 12.2:1 | 63% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 57% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 35.9 | 12.8:1 | 45% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 47% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 46% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 22% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 46 | 8.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irving Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (458 to 375); teachers down 10% (35.9 to 32.2).
About Irving Elementary
Irving Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in West Allis, Wisconsin. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 375 students enrolled.
Irving Elementary is part of a district of 16 schools: West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, with 6,619 students.
About 45% of students at Irving Elementary are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 25% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 11% Black, and 6% Asian. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Irving Elementary are from different groups.
There are 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Irving Elementary, giving a ratio of 11.6:1. The school's 11.6:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. By family income, 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Irving Elementary lands at C, ahead of 25% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.2%. Irving Elementary scores 42.6%.
Milwaukee County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Irving Elementary shares Milwaukee County with 283 other public schools.
Irving Elementary's nearest public school is Mitchell Elementary (about 0.7 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Irving Elementary. By average proficiency, Irving Elementary is 4th among 8 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 44 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People who know Irving Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other schools in West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
- Nathan Hale HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Central HighHigh · 961 students
- Frank Lloyd Wright IntermediateMiddle · 902 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- West Milwaukee IntermediateMiddle · 378 students
Other schools in West Allis
- Nathan Hale HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Central HighHigh · 961 students
- Frank Lloyd Wright IntermediateMiddle · 902 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Walker ElementaryElementary · 371 students
Other Irving Elementary schools
18 other US public schools in 11 states are named Irving Elementary. Irving Elementary is the 11th largest of the 19.
- Irving Elementary SchoolSioux City, IA · 605 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolOak Park, IL · 509 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 488 students
- Irving ElementaryWichita, KS · 447 students
- IRVING ELEMENTARYJOPLIN, MO · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Mitchell Elementary0.7 mi · 267
- Nathan Hale High0.8 mi · 1,134
- Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate0.8 mi · 902
- Deeper Learning Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 88
- Central High1.1 mi · 961
- Franklin Elementary1.1 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Irving ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Irving Elementary?
Irving Elementary enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-05.
Is Irving Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Irving Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Irving Elementary?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Irving Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Irving Elementary?
Student demographics at Irving Elementary are roughly 45% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Irving Elementary in?
Irving Elementary is part of West Allis-West Milwaukee School District.
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