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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002601
Rogers Street Academy
2430 W Rogers St, Milwaukee, WI 53204 · (414) 902-1100 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
530 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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
18%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
19.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
18.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.4pp 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 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.8% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.9% | 18.0% |
% 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
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Rogers Street Academy
Rogers Street Academy's state test result (19.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Street Academy this school | 570 | 93.0% | 19.5% |
| Forest Home Elementary Milwaukee | 559 | 91.8% | 17.0% |
| La Causa Charter School Milwaukee | 558 | 87.1% | 18.3% |
| Greenfield Bilingual Milwaukee | 556 | 85.6% | 22.0% |
| Mitchell Elementary Milwaukee | 597 | 94.3% | 9.4% |
| Lincoln Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 427 | 92.0% | 18.0% |
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 Rogers Street Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #899 of 982 | #106 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #900 of 992 ▲ 6 | #103 of 174 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #904 of 992 ▲ 10 | #108 of 174 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #81 of 1,157 | #22 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #756 of 901 | #83 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #779 of 901 | #137 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #32 of 1,064 | #29 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #412 of 664 | #86 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
570
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 570 | 36.1 | 15.8:1 | 93% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 93% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 37.1 | 14.3:1 | 89% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 97% (572) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 35.6 | 18.1:1 | 95% (613) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 29 | 22.9:1 | 90% (596) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 88% (559) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rogers Street Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (643 to 570); teachers up 1% (35.6 to 36.1).
About Rogers Street Academy
Rogers Street Academy is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 570 students. Against the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 76% higher.
Rogers Street Academy reports to Milwaukee School District, which has 155 schools and 65,835 students.
About 90% of the student body at Rogers Street Academy is Hispanic. Other students are 6% Black and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County residents are about 17% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.8:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. That is 29 points above the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
The allk12 Grade for Rogers Street Academy is D. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Rogers Street Academy, the prediction is 20.6% and the result is 19.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Milwaukee County, the median household income is $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Rogers Street Academy is one of 284 public schools in the county.
Mitchell Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Rogers Street Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 19.5% is below the 21.0% average for nearby schools.
Rogers Street Academy has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Rogers Street Academy had 590 students, to 2024-25, when it had 570. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- Mitchell Elementary0.2 mi · 597
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- Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus0.5 mi · 382
- Lincoln Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Rogers Street AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Rogers Street Academy?
Rogers Street Academy enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Rogers Street Academy serve?
Rogers Street Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rogers Street Academy?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Rogers Street Academy.
What is the student diversity at Rogers Street Academy?
Student demographics at Rogers Street Academy are roughly 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Rogers Street Academy in?
Rogers Street Academy is part of Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.