Maple Tree Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat 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 8 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.5% | 7.8% |
| 2023-24 | 19.2% | 13.5% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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%.
Schools most like Maple Tree Elementary
Maple Tree Elementary's state test result (13.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Tree Elementary this school | 235 | 94.9% | 13.4% |
| Hartford Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 256 | 93.0% | 11.2% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Milwaukee | 259 | 96.9% | 10.8% |
| Kilbourn Elementary Milwaukee | 218 | 91.3% | 26.8% |
| LaFollette Elementary Milwaukee | 216 | 94.9% | 9.5% |
| Hampton Elementary Milwaukee | 194 | 93.3% | 28.4% |
Where Maple Tree Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #936 of 982 | #130 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #964 of 992 ▼ 35 | #151 of 174 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #947 of 992 ▼ 34 | #136 of 174 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #814 of 1,157 | #144 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #843 of 901 | #125 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #488 of 901 | #99 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #20 of 1,064 | #18 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #325 of 664 | #70 of 133 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 235 | 13.2 | 17.9:1 | 95% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 13.2 | 20.0:1 | 94% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 11.3 | 20.5:1 | 93% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 15 | 15.7:1 | 94% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 11.1 | 24.9:1 | 91% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 16 | 18.5:1 | 82% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 94% (307) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 69% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 22 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (276 to 235); teachers up 18% (11.1 to 13.2).
About Maple Tree Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Maple Tree Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 235 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323 students, so this school is 27% smaller than average.
Milwaukee School District operates 155 schools. Combined enrollment is 65,835 students.
Maple Tree Elementary is 79% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% White. That compares with about 26% Black among all Milwaukee County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Maple Tree Elementary counts 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.2 above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. About 95% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
The model predicts 19.4% for a school in Wisconsin with Maple Tree Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Maple Tree Elementary posts 13.4%.
In the county around the school, Milwaukee County, the median household income is $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Milwaukee County is home to 284 public schools and about 122,496 public school students.
The nearest public school is Bruce Elementary, at about 1.1 miles. Within five miles of Maple Tree Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 14.6%; Maple Tree Elementary's is 13.4%, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Maple Tree Elementary enrolled 236; in 2024-25, 235. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.7:1 to 17.9:1.
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