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If you could change one rule at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion, what would it be?
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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001161
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion
2765 S 55th St, Milwaukee, WI 53219 · (414) 604-7600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
500 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 | 93 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 82% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
54%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
26.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
26.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 23.7% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Milwaukee Spanish Immersion
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Spanish Immersion this school | 605 | 82.6% | 30.9% |
| Julian Thomas Elementary Racine | 574 | 81.7% | 15.6% |
| Wadewitz Elementary Racine | 517 | 77.6% | 23.4% |
| Johnson Elementary Racine | 557 | 74.7% | 16.2% |
| Sullivan Elementary Green Bay | 662 | 73.0% | 17.3% |
| Longfellow Elementary Milwaukee | 773 | 89.7% | 15.5% |
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 Milwaukee Spanish Immersion ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #839 of 982 | #78 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #857 of 992 ▲ 15 | #86 of 174 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #856 of 992 ▼ 26 | #86 of 174 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #59 of 1,157 | #15 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #842 of 901 | #124 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #276 of 901 | #68 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #111 of 1,064 | #84 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #424 of 664 | #89 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
605
-118 (-16%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 605 | 33.9 | 17.9:1 | 83% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 35.1 | 19.3:1 | 75% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 36.2 | 19.8:1 | 73% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 72% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 23.6 | 28.8:1 | 66% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 26 | 22.1:1 | 59% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 56% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 69% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 22 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milwaukee Spanish Immersion.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (680 to 605); teachers up 44% (23.6 to 33.9).
About Milwaukee Spanish Immersion
Among the schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is Milwaukee Spanish Immersion, a large elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 605 students. That puts enrollment 87% larger than the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee School District has 65,835 students in 155 schools, and Milwaukee Spanish Immersion is one of those schools.
About 63% of the student body at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion is Hispanic. Other students are 22% Black, 8% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County residents are about 17% Hispanic. The diversity index for Milwaukee Spanish Immersion is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.9:1. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Of all students at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion, 83% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 19 points lower.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Milwaukee Spanish Immersion outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Milwaukee Spanish Immersion falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 30.9% actual against 26.9% predicted.
Looking at the county, Milwaukee County, median household income comes to about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 284 public schools and about 122,496 students.
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion's closest public school neighbor is Fairview Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Milwaukee Spanish Immersion, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Milwaukee Spanish Immersion is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Milwaukee Spanish Immersion is City: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.9:1, from 19.5:1.
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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
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
- Fairview Elementary0.5 mi · 603
- Manitoba Elementary0.9 mi · 469
- Glenwood Elementary1.0 mi · 307
- Hamilton High1.1 mi · 1,472
- Wedgewood Park School1.2 mi · 541
- Honey Creek Elementary1.2 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Milwaukee Spanish ImmersionWhat is the total enrollment at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion?
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Milwaukee Spanish Immersion serve?
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion is approximately 17.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion?
At Milwaukee Spanish Immersion, the student body is approximately 8% White, 63% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Milwaukee Spanish Immersion?
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.