Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001210
Lowell International Elementary
4360 S 20th St, Milwaukee, WI 53221 · (414) 304-6600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- A+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
13.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
168 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 34 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
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
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -11.2pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 51.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Lowell International Elementary
Lowell International Elementary's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell International Elementary this school | 209 | 80.4% | 49.9% |
| Green Bay Head Start Green Bay | 183 | 85.8% | N/A |
| Clement Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 238 | 77.7% | 33.1% |
| Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies Milwaukee | 228 | 82.9% | 30.4% |
| Pershing Elementary West Milwaukee | 250 | 74.8% | 32.0% |
| Jefferson Head Start Learning Center Green Bay | 161 | 83.9% | N/A |
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 Lowell International Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #626 of 982 | #45 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #589 of 992 ▲ 15 | #42 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #709 of 992 ▼ 178 | #64 of 174 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #880 of 1,157 | #155 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #557 of 901 | #47 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #68 of 901 | #18 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #118 of 1,064 | #87 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #230 of 664 | #50 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
209
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 209 | 15.1 | 13.8:1 | 80% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 15.9 | 13.0:1 | 93% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 15.2 | 14.0:1 | 89% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 16 | 12.9:1 | 84% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 11.8 | 21.9:1 | 81% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 11 | 23.2:1 | 76% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | 15 | 15.9:1 | 87% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 69% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 13 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell International Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (259 to 209); teachers up 28% (11.8 to 15.1).
About Lowell International Elementary
Lowell International Elementary is a small elementary school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The latest federal count shows 209 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323 students, so this school is 35% smaller than average.
Lowell International Elementary is one school in Milwaukee School District, a system of 155 schools with 65,835 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Lowell International Elementary, 46% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 20% Black, 13% White, 11% multiracial, and 9% Asian. In Milwaukee County overall, about 17% of residents are Hispanic. Lowell International Elementary has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.8:1, with 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 80% of enrollment. Across public schools in Milwaukee County, the average is 64%.
Lowell International Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Wisconsin, Lowell International Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.9% compared with a predicted 28.3%.
Federal survey data for Milwaukee County show that median household income is about $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. A total of 284 public schools operate in Milwaukee County, serving about 122,496 students.
Nearest public school: Reagan College Preparatory High, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.1%; Lowell International Elementary's is 49.9%, ranking 4th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lowell International Elementary had 206 students in 2020-21 and 209 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- Reagan College Preparatory High0.8 mi · 1,372
- Morgandale Elementary0.9 mi · 624
- Greenfield Middle1.0 mi · 704
- Cooper Elementary1.0 mi · 447
- Whittier Elementary1.2 mi · 146
- Curtin Elementary1.4 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell International ElementaryHow large is Lowell International Elementary?
Lowell International Elementary enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lowell International Elementary serve?
Lowell International Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lowell International Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Lowell International Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lowell International Elementary?
At Lowell International Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 46% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Lowell International Elementary public or private?
Lowell International 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.