Siefert Elementary

Siefert Elementary operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 174 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Siefert Elementary sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

Siefert Elementary is one of 155 schools operated by Milwaukee School District, a district that educates 65,835 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Siefert Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Siefert Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Siefert Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.9%, the actual is 9.7%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Siefert Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shalom High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Siefert Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Siefert Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Siefert Elementary's enrollment has contracted 39% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 174). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Siefert Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.