Longfellow Elementary

Longfellow Elementary is a public public school in West Allis, Wisconsin.

West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, which runs Longfellow Elementary, has 16 schools and 6,619 students.

There are about 12.0 students for each teacher at Longfellow Elementary. The average ratio among combined schools in Wisconsin is 25.6:1, higher than at this school.

In Milwaukee County (population about 926,331), median household income is about $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 284 public schools operate in Milwaukee County, serving about 122,496 students.

The school nearest to Longfellow Elementary is Horace Mann Elementary, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Within five miles of Longfellow Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Longfellow Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Longfellow Elementary reported 274 students in 2017-18 and 143 in 2022-23. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over that span, the White share moved 12 points, to 31%. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.9:1 to 12.0:1.

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