Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ALLIS-WEST MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551626002104
Mitchell Elementary
10125 W Montana Ave, West Allis, WI 53227 · (414) 604-4510 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
118 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
52.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 54.5% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Mitchell Elementary
Mitchell Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Elementary this school | 267 | 44.2% | 55.3% |
| Marshall Elementary Marshall | 246 | 45.9% | 50.4% |
| Marshall Early Learning Center Marshall | 251 | 43.4% | N/A |
| Waterloo Elementary Waterloo | 281 | 43.8% | 46.1% |
| Luther Elementary Fort Atkinson | 238 | 44.5% | 65.5% |
| Jeffery Elementary Kenosha | 338 | 46.2% | 67.3% |
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 Mitchell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #520 of 982 | #39 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #523 of 992 ▲ 24 | #38 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #495 of 992 ▼ 135 | #47 of 174 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #719 of 1,157 | #126 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #669 of 901 | #61 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #255 of 901 | #65 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #514 of 1,064 | #131 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #86 of 664 | #26 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
267
-32 (-11%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 267 | 18.1 | 14.8:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 18.1 | 15.3:1 | 32% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 17.5 | 14.5:1 | 44% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 41% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 23.1 | 16.4:1 | 36% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 43% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 36% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 22% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 25 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (379 to 267); teachers down 22% (23.1 to 18.1).
About Mitchell Elementary
Mitchell Elementary is a small elementary school in West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, located in West Allis, Wisconsin. A federal count lists 267 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 16 schools in West Allis-West Milwaukee School District totals 6,619 students.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mitchell Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Milwaukee County, the White share is about 51%. Mitchell Elementary has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Mitchell Elementary is 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have a similar average ratio of 14.7:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 44%. For comparison, public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mitchell Elementary would score about 50.5%. It scores 55.3%, 4.8 points above that figure.
Census estimates describe Milwaukee County this way: median household income is about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,496.
The closest other public school is Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 55.3% is above the 34.5% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 299 to 267 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 17.6 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Mitchell Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
- Nathan Hale HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Central HighHigh · 961 students
- Frank Lloyd Wright IntermediateMiddle · 902 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- West Milwaukee IntermediateMiddle · 378 students
Other schools in West Allis
- Nathan Hale HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Central HighHigh · 961 students
- Frank Lloyd Wright IntermediateMiddle · 902 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Irving ElementaryElementary · 375 students
Other Mitchell Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 17 states are named Mitchell Elementary. Mitchell Elementary is the 20th largest of the 23.
- Mitchell ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 597 students
- Mitchell ElementaryCudahy, WI · 403 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolBridgewater, MA · 931 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 787 students
- MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 698 students
Nearby schools
- Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate0.4 mi · 902
- Irving Elementary0.7 mi · 375
- Alcott Elementary1.0 mi · 264
- Nathan Hale High1.0 mi · 1,134
- Central High1.2 mi · 961
- Franklin Elementary1.4 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mitchell Elementary?
Mitchell Elementary enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mitchell Elementary serve?
Mitchell Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mitchell Elementary have?
Mitchell Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Mitchell Elementary?
Student demographics at Mitchell Elementary are roughly 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mitchell Elementary public or private?
Mitchell Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Allis-West Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.