Riley Dual Language Montessori School

Riley Dual Language Montessori School, a modestly sized elementary-level community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District, serves 239 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Riley Dual Language Montessori School is one of 155 schools operated by Milwaukee School District, a district that works with 65,835 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riley Dual Language Montessori School lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 9% White, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Riley Dual Language Montessori School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Riley Dual Language Montessori School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Riley Dual Language Montessori School is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.2%; Riley Dual Language Montessori School posts 20.6%, -20.6 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Milwaukee County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Riley Dual Language Montessori School is one.

The closest other public school is Stellar Collegiate Charter School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riley Dual Language Montessori School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riley Dual Language Montessori School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 24.1%.

Riley Dual Language Montessori School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riley Dual Language Montessori School has shrank 52%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 11% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Riley Dual Language Montessori School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.