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Which teacher or staff member at Grant Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001175
U S Grant School
2920 W Grant St, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · (414) 902-8000 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
564 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 | 37 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 27% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
63%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
21.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
17.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 15.2% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 U S Grant School
U S Grant School's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| U S Grant School this school | 585 | 96.4% | 22.1% |
| Victory Elementary Milwaukee | 419 | 95.2% | 23.0% |
| Humboldt Park Elementary Milwaukee | 604 | 83.1% | 33.7% |
| Garland Elementary Milwaukee | 541 | 88.7% | 24.3% |
| Morgandale Elementary Milwaukee | 624 | 86.2% | 21.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary Sheboygan | 252 | 89.7% | 29.4% |
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 U S Grant School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #887 of 982 | #98 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #907 of 992 ▲ 12 | #108 of 174 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #894 of 992 ▼ 5 | #102 of 174 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #69 of 1,157 | #20 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #827 of 901 | #117 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #183 of 901 | #48 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #12 of 1,064 | #10 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #384 of 664 | #79 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
585
+49 (+9%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 585 | 33.8 | 17.3:1 | 96% (564) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 35.9 | 16.2:1 | 100% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 33.8 | 16.1:1 | 96% (525) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 95% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 28.4 | 23.6:1 | 95% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 90% (605) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 88% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 29 | 18.4:1 | 69% (369) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 28 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for U S Grant School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (670 to 585); teachers up 19% (28.4 to 33.8).
About U S Grant School
U S Grant School is a public elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has an enrollment of 585 students in pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
U S Grant School is a school in Milwaukee School District. The district has 155 schools and 65,835 students.
At U S Grant School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 48%. Smaller groups are 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 5% of Milwaukee County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
The school has 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Milwaukee County report 64%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, U S Grant School would be expected to post about 18.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.1%.
The school is in Milwaukee County, where the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. U S Grant School shares Milwaukee County with 283 other public schools.
Lad Lake Synergy School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. U S Grant School places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
U S Grant School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 9%. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.8 to 17.3 over 4 years.
U S Grant School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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Other U S Grant schools
One other US public school is named U S Grant. U S Grant School is the largest of the 2.
- U S GrantBethel, OH · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Lad Lake Synergy School0.1 mi · 22
- Rogers Street Academy0.4 mi · 570
- ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes0.5 mi · 593
- Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus0.5 mi · 382
- Greenfield Bilingual0.6 mi · 556
- Mitchell Elementary0.6 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About U S Grant SchoolHow large is U S Grant School?
U S Grant School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does U S Grant School serve?
U S Grant School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does U S Grant School have?
U S Grant School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at U S Grant School?
At U S Grant School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 48% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is U S Grant School public or private?
U S Grant School 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.