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What's the most underrated thing about Maryland Montessori that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001216
Maryland Montessori
2418 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 · (414) 906-4800 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+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
20.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
117 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 | 58 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 38% larger than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
60%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
69.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
49.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.5% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 50.6% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Maryland Montessori
Maryland Montessori's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Montessori this school | 470 | 24.9% | 63.5% |
| Atwater Elementary Shorewood | 474 | 24.3% | 74.1% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Wauwatosa | 396 | 26.3% | 77.6% |
| Summit View Elementary Waukesha | 449 | 29.4% | 69.6% |
| Prairie Lane Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 451 | 28.4% | 76.9% |
| Stoner Prairie Elementary Fitchburg | 407 | 29.2% | 65.0% |
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 Maryland Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #323 of 982 | #28 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #601 of 992 ▲ 17 | #44 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #146 of 992 ▲ 39 | #19 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #197 of 1,157 | #43 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #874 of 901 | #147 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #214 of 901 | #52 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #814 of 1,064 | #155 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #165 of 240 | #22 of 33 |
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
470
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 470 | 23.2 | 20.3:1 | 25% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 22.1 | 23.4:1 | 26% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 23.1 | 21.7:1 | 30% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 27% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 17.6 | 25.7:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 6 | 66.8:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 14 | 26.0:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 69% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 19 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maryland Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (452 to 470); teachers up 32% (17.6 to 23.2).
About Maryland Montessori
Maryland Montessori is an elementary school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 470 students. The school is 46% above the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee School District has a total of 155 schools and 65,835 students, Maryland Montessori among them.
Of every 100 students at Maryland Montessori, about 60 are White. Other reported shares: 15% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Milwaukee County's residents are about 51% White, 9 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Maryland Montessori reports a ratio of 20.3 students per teacher, from 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Maryland Montessori, 25% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 39 points below the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
On the allk12 Grade, Maryland Montessori lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Maryland Montessori posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.5%, compared with a predicted 62.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Milwaukee County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 284 public schools and about 122,496 students.
Measured in a straight line, Riverside High is about 0.7 miles from Maryland Montessori. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 63.5% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.3:1.
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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
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- Riverside HighHigh · 1,240 students
Other schools in Milwaukee
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
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- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- Riverside High0.7 mi · 1,240
- Hartford Avenue Elementary1.0 mi · 256
- Riverwest Elementary1.1 mi · 244
- Gaenslen Elementary1.1 mi · 641
- Cass Street Elementary1.3 mi · 312
- Holmes Elementary1.3 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Maryland MontessoriHow large is Maryland Montessori?
Maryland Montessori enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-08.
Is Maryland Montessori an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maryland Montessori is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Maryland Montessori have?
Maryland Montessori employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Maryland Montessori?
Student demographics at Maryland Montessori are roughly 60% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Maryland Montessori public or private?
Maryland Montessori 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.