Enrollment
174
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002744
Siefert Elementary
1547 N 14th St, Milwaukee, WI 53205 · (414) 935-1500 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
161 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 | 34 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (20).
Student demographics
19%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
9.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
9.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.5% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6.1% | 4.2% |
% 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
9.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% 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 Siefert Elementary
Siefert Elementary's state test result (9.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siefert Elementary this school | 174 | 92.5% | 9.7% |
| Hi-Mount Elementary Milwaukee | 166 | 93.4% | 13.1% |
| Clarke Street Elementary Milwaukee | 167 | 94.6% | 11.6% |
| Starms Early Childhood Milwaukee | 205 | 91.2% | N/A |
| Auer Avenue Elementary Milwaukee | 151 | 91.4% | 6.1% |
| Sherman Elementary Milwaukee | 147 | 90.5% | 8.1% |
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 Siefert Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #962 of 982 | #154 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #951 of 992 ▲ 33 | #141 of 174 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #964 of 992 ▲ 21 | #150 of 174 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #956 of 1,157 | #166 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #39 of 1,064 | #36 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.9% | #28 of 664 | #13 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
174
-109 (-39%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 174 | 11.8 | 14.8:1 | 93% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 11 | 19.6:1 | 98% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 12.5 | 18.7:1 | 95% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 99% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 13.4 | 21.3:1 | 95% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 81% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 96% (272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Siefert Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (285 to 174); teachers down 12% (13.4 to 11.8).
About Siefert Elementary
The public elementary school Siefert Elementary is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 174 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 46% smaller than that.
Siefert Elementary is one of 155 schools in Milwaukee School District, which enrolls 65,835 students in total.
The large majority of students at Siefert Elementary, 90%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 26%. Siefert Elementary has a diversity index of 19%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Siefert Elementary, 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have a similar average ratio of 14.7:1. Roughly 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 29 points.
allk12 grades Siefert Elementary an F. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Wisconsin, Siefert Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 9.7% actual against a predicted 20.9%.
Milwaukee County has about 926,331 residents, and median household income is about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The public schools of Milwaukee County number 284 and enroll about 122,496.
Shalom High is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Siefert Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 9.7% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 283 in 2020-21 and 174 in 2024-25, a 39% decrease.
Discussions about Siefert Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Siefert ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Siefert Elementary?
Siefert Elementary enrolls approximately 174 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Siefert Elementary serve?
Siefert Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Siefert Elementary have?
Siefert Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Siefert Elementary?
At Siefert Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Siefert Elementary public or private?
Siefert Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.