Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ALLIS-WEST MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551626002119
Pershing Elementary
1330 S 47th St, West Milwaukee, WI 53214 · (414) 604-4610 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
187 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 | 32 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
69%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
35.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 19.4% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Pershing Elementary
Pershing Elementary's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pershing Elementary this school | 250 | 74.8% | 32.0% |
| Clement Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 238 | 77.7% | 33.1% |
| Alcott Elementary Milwaukee | 264 | 74.2% | 26.8% |
| Grant Elementary Kenosha | 289 | 73.7% | 28.9% |
| Parkside Elementary Fond du Lac | 325 | 79.4% | 36.8% |
| Southside Elementary School Madison | 336 | 75.6% | 19.0% |
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 Pershing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #827 of 982 | #77 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #772 of 992 ▲ 124 | #65 of 174 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #788 of 992 ▲ 52 | #72 of 174 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #780 of 1,157 | #137 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #573 of 901 | #50 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #107 of 901 | #29 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #148 of 1,064 | #95 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #209 of 240 | #30 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
250
+73 (+41%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 250 | 17.9 | 14.0:1 | 75% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 17.4 | 13.5:1 | 57% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 12.9 | 13.9:1 | 74% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 177 | 16 | 11.1:1 | 74% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 20.1 | 12.2:1 | 74% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 77% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 23 | 12.2:1 | 69% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 22% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pershing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (246 to 250); teachers down 11% (20.1 to 17.9).
About Pershing Elementary
Pershing Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has 250 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District (16 schools, 6,619 students) runs Pershing Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Pershing Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 46%. After that, the student body is 25% White, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Milwaukee County, the Hispanic share is about 17%. The diversity index for Pershing Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Pershing Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1, with 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. The school has 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Pershing Elementary is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 32.0%. Predicted: 31.8%.
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.
West Milwaukee Intermediate, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pershing Elementary places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment records show 177 in 2020-21 and 250 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The school's ratio increased from 11.1:1 to 14.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Pershing Elementary, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Milwaukee
- West Milwaukee IntermediateMiddle · 378 students
Other Pershing Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Pershing Elementary. Pershing Elementary is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Pershing Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 621 students
- Pershing ElementaryOrangevale, CA · 494 students
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 421 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolBerwyn, IL · 418 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolMuskogee, OK · 324 students
Nearby schools
- West Milwaukee Intermediate0.3 mi · 378
- Escuela Verde0.8 mi · 121
- Greenfield Bilingual0.8 mi · 556
- Seeds of Health Elementary Program0.9 mi · 380
- Horace Mann Elementary1.0 mi · 384
- Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus1.0 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Pershing ElementaryHow large is Pershing Elementary?
Pershing Elementary enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pershing Elementary serve?
Pershing Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pershing Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pershing Elementary is approximately 14.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pershing Elementary?
At Pershing Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 46% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pershing Elementary public or private?
Pershing Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Allis-West Milwaukee School District.
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