Story Elementary

Story Elementary is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, run under Milwaukee School District, with 365 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Story Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Story Elementary records that 77% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 12% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Story Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Story Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.0%, the actual is 11.9%, a residual of -7.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Story Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodlands School - State Street Campus, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Story Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 21.7%.

Story Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Story Elementary's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 365). The Asian share of enrollment declined from 27% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.