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Best kept secret at Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001225
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary
3707 N 94th St, Milwaukee, WI 53222 · (414) 393-4100 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- 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
20.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
342 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 | 55 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
59%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
20.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
20.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.1% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 26.7% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary this school | 428 | 79.9% | 24.8% |
| River Trail School of Agricultural Science Milwaukee | 406 | 82.0% | 8.1% |
| Eighty-First Street Elementary Milwaukee | 357 | 81.8% | 12.4% |
| Hawley Environmental School Milwaukee | 299 | 84.6% | 11.2% |
| Neeskara Elementary Milwaukee | 356 | 86.8% | 10.3% |
| Mendota Elementary Madison | 282 | 72.7% | 36.8% |
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 Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #874 of 982 | #89 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #888 of 992 ▼ 28 | #99 of 174 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #901 of 992 ▼ 26 | #106 of 174 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #285 of 1,157 | #52 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #875 of 901 | #148 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #222 of 901 | #57 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #122 of 1,064 | #89 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #151 of 240 | #17 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
428
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 428 | 20.8 | 20.6:1 | 80% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 20.6 | 20.6:1 | 79% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 19.6 | 21.1:1 | 77% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 74% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 19.6 | 20.9:1 | 59% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 13 | 30.2:1 | 60% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 15 | 25.8:1 | 43% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 69% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 17 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (409 to 428); teachers up 6% (19.6 to 20.8).
About Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Enrollment totals 428 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
Milwaukee School District counts 65,835 students in its 155 schools, and Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary is one of them.
Black students are 61% of those enrolled at Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary. Next come 12% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 26% Black among all Milwaukee County residents. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 20.6:1 is based on 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 5.9 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. That rate is above the 64% average among public schools in Milwaukee County.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary is 28.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.8%.
In the wider Milwaukee County area, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary shares Milwaukee County with 283 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary is closest to Milwaukee German Immersion, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 24.8% versus a 39.4% average.
Federal data place Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 428 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 417.
This page is set up for the Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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Other Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary. Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ninety-Fifth Street ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 745 students
Nearby schools
- Milwaukee German Immersion0.8 mi · 549
- Milwaukee School of Languages0.8 mi · 964
- Emerson Elementary0.9 mi · 187
- Madison Elementary1.1 mi · 257
- Eighty-First Street Elementary1.2 mi · 357
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-121.3 mi · 1,974
Frequently asked questions
About Ninety-Fifth Street ElementaryHow large is Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary?
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary serve?
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary.
How diverse is Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary?
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 12% Hispanic, 61% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary?
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary 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.