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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001206
Lincoln Avenue Elementary
1817 W Lincoln Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · (414) 902-9700 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- 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
15.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
393 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 | 77 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
30%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
13.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
18.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.3% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 16.8% |
% 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Lincoln Avenue Elementary
Lincoln Avenue Elementary's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Avenue Elementary this school | 427 | 92.0% | 18.0% |
| Allen-Field Elementary Milwaukee | 451 | 89.4% | 15.1% |
| Seeds of Health Elementary Program Milwaukee | 380 | 91.3% | 25.9% |
| Forest Home Elementary Milwaukee | 559 | 91.8% | 17.0% |
| Mitchell Elementary Milwaukee | 597 | 94.3% | 9.4% |
| Rogers Street Academy Milwaukee | 570 | 93.0% | 19.5% |
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 Lincoln Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #909 of 982 | #111 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #896 of 992 ▲ 16 | #101 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #939 of 992 ▲ 9 | #130 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #289 of 1,157 | #54 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #698 of 901 | #69 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #560 of 901 | #110 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #44 of 1,064 | #39 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #313 of 664 | #67 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
427
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 427 | 28.2 | 15.1:1 | 92% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 26.3 | 15.8:1 | 93% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 30.4 | 14.6:1 | 92% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 98% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 28.4 | 17.8:1 | 96% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 81% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 97% (561) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 69% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 650 | 31 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (506 to 427); teachers down 1% (28.4 to 28.2).
About Lincoln Avenue Elementary
Lincoln Avenue Elementary is an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it is part of Milwaukee School District. Its enrollment is 427 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 32% above average.
Milwaukee School District runs Lincoln Avenue Elementary along with 154 other schools, enrolling 65,835 students in total.
Roughly 83% of students at Lincoln Avenue Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 10% Black, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County residents are about 17% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 30%.
The school's 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is similar, at 14.7:1. Income data for the school show 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Milwaukee County report 64%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Avenue Elementary lands at D, ahead of 10% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
A school with Lincoln Avenue Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 21.2%. Lincoln Avenue Elementary scores 18.0%, 3.1 points below that line.
The county, Milwaukee County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $64,435 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lincoln Avenue Elementary, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Lincoln Avenue Elementary is closest to Carmen Middle School South, about 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Avenue Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lincoln Avenue Elementary's average proficiency of 18.0% compares with 20.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment was 427 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 443.
This page is set up for the Lincoln Avenue Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Milwaukee School District
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
- Obama School of Career and Technical EducationCombined · 1,294 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,240 students
Other schools in Milwaukee
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Milwaukee Academy of ScienceCombined · 1,711 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Other Lincoln Avenue Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lincoln Avenue Elementary. Lincoln Avenue Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJ · 728 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSAYVILLE, NY · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Carmen Middle School South0.3 mi · 191
- Stellar Collegiate Charter School0.5 mi · 190
- Rogers Street Academy0.6 mi · 570
- Grandview High0.6 mi · 219
- Forest Home Elementary0.6 mi · 559
- Mitchell Elementary0.7 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Avenue Elementary?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 427 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Avenue Elementary serve?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Avenue Elementary have?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Lincoln Avenue Elementary are roughly 4% White, 83% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Avenue Elementary in?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.