Pershing Elementary

Pershing Elementary, a modestly sized elementary-level community in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin, run under West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, works with 250 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 323.

Pershing Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, a district that instructs 6,619 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Pershing Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 25% White, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pershing Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at Pershing Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Pershing Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 32.0%.

Around the school, census data for Milwaukee County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Pershing Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is West Milwaukee Intermediate, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pershing Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.2%.

Pershing Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pershing Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 246 (now 250). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.