Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001233
Riverwest Elementary
2765 N Fratney St, Milwaukee, WI 53212 · (414) 267-4400 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
216 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 27 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
43%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
14.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
6.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.3% | 6.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.9% | 10.1% |
% 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
11.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Riverwest Elementary
Riverwest Elementary's state test result (11.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverwest Elementary this school | 244 | 88.5% | 11.4% |
| Maple Tree Elementary Milwaukee | 235 | 94.9% | 13.4% |
| Barbee Elementary Milwaukee | 289 | 86.2% | 21.4% |
| Neeskara Elementary Milwaukee | 356 | 86.8% | 10.3% |
| Hawley Environmental School Milwaukee | 299 | 84.6% | 11.2% |
| Fifty-Third Street Elementary Milwaukee | 308 | 89.3% | 9.7% |
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 Riverwest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #946 of 982 | #140 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #974 of 992 ▼ 20 | #160 of 174 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #933 of 992 ▲ 21 | #126 of 174 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #796 of 1,157 | #139 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #784 of 901 | #92 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #397 of 901 | #89 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #70 of 1,064 | #63 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #73 of 664 | #21 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
244
-77 (-24%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 244 | 15.1 | 16.2:1 | 89% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 15.5 | 17.8:1 | 96% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 19.8 | 13.0:1 | 96% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 98% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 15.9 | 22.3:1 | 94% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 19 | 22.8:1 | 86% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 96% (464) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 69% (397) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 34 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverwest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (355 to 244); teachers down 5% (15.9 to 15.1).
About Riverwest Elementary
Riverwest Elementary is an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reachable at (414) 267-4400. The school has 244 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 24% below average.
Riverwest Elementary is one school in Milwaukee School District, a system of 155 schools with 65,835 students.
At Riverwest Elementary, 73% of students are Black. It is also 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% White. For comparison, the population of Milwaukee County is roughly 26% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Riverwest Elementary scores 43%.
The school lists 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 216 students, or 89%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Riverwest Elementary, the prediction is 23.3% and the result is 11.4%.
The school is in Milwaukee County, where the median household earns about $64,435 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Riverwest Elementary is about 0.4 miles from King International Baccalaureate Middle, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 18.8% on proficiency, and Riverwest Elementary is below that at 11.4%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 244, compared with 321 in 2020-21.
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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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Nearby schools
- King International Baccalaureate Middle0.4 mi · 159
- Holmes Elementary0.4 mi · 260
- Gaenslen Elementary0.6 mi · 641
- Fratney Elementary0.6 mi · 459
- Riverside High0.6 mi · 1,240
- King Jr Elementary0.9 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Riverwest ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Riverwest Elementary?
Riverwest Elementary enrolls approximately 244 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Riverwest Elementary serve?
Riverwest Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Riverwest Elementary?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Riverwest Elementary.
How diverse is Riverwest Elementary?
Riverwest Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 16% Hispanic, 73% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverwest Elementary?
Riverwest Elementary is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
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