Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551599002086
McKinley Elementary
2435 N 89th St, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 · (414) 773-1500 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-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
13.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
52 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 53 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
64.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 73.3% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 McKinley Elementary
McKinley Elementary's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary this school | 388 | 13.4% | 70.8% |
| Northern Lights Elementary Superior | 453 | 15.2% | 43.5% |
| Cooper Elementary Superior | 363 | 11.6% | 56.8% |
| Conrad Elvehjem Primary School McFarland | 449 | 12.7% | N/A |
| Great Lakes Elementary Superior | 348 | 13.8% | 61.4% |
| North Elementary Hartland | 405 | 15.6% | 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 McKinley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #173 of 982 | #13 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #274 of 992 ▼ 109 | #26 of 174 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #256 of 992 ▼ 172 | #30 of 174 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #376 of 1,157 | #66 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #435 of 901 | #30 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #456 of 901 | #93 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.4% | #975 of 1,064 | #168 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #625 of 664 | #127 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
388
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 388 | 29.7 | 13.1:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 27.9 | 13.8:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 24.8 | 15.9:1 | 14% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 13% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 25.4 | 15.7:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 25 | 17.7:1 | 8% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 20 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (398 to 388); teachers up 17% (25.4 to 29.7).
About McKinley Elementary
Federal records list McKinley Elementary as an elementary school in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. It enrolled 388 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
The district, Wauwatosa School District, has 6,704 students enrolled across 17 schools.
White students are the majority at McKinley Elementary, with 77% of enrollment. It is also 9% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Milwaukee County's residents are about 51% White, 27 points below the school's share. McKinley Elementary's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at McKinley Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.1:1. That is lower than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The lunch program counts 13% of students at McKinley Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
McKinley Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 69.4% at McKinley Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Milwaukee County, the median household income is $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, enrolling about 122,496 students in all.
The nearest public school is Longfellow Middle, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, McKinley Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 380 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 388. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.2:1 in 2020-21, and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Wauwatosa School District
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Other schools in Wauwatosa
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary is the 24th largest of the 56.
- McKinley ElementaryAppleton, WI · 380 students
- McKinley ElementaryKenosha, WI · 221 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Middle0.8 mi · 782
- Eighty-First Street Elementary0.9 mi · 357
- Milwaukee School of Languages1.0 mi · 964
- Roosevelt Elementary1.0 mi · 396
- Lincoln Elementary1.0 mi · 336
- Wauwatosa Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does McKinley Elementary serve?
McKinley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does McKinley Elementary have?
McKinley Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary are roughly 77% White, 3% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary is overseen by Wauwatosa School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.