Enrollment
127
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551599002728
Wauwatosa STEM
1060 N Glenview Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 · (414) 773-1900 · Milwaukee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
31.8:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
4 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
86.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
92.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.8% | 92.7% |
| 2023-24 | 92.9% | 91.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 76% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Wauwatosa STEM
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauwatosa STEM this school | 127 | 3.1% | 93.3% |
| New Auburn Elementary New Auburn | 132 | 2.3% | 54.2% |
| Hortonville Area K4 School Greenville | 119 | 5.0% | N/A |
| Mount Horeb Area Community 4K Mount Horeb | 113 | 2.7% | N/A |
| New Century School Verona | 122 | 6.6% | 79.2% |
| GBAPS Community 4K Site Green Bay | 122 | 4.9% | N/A |
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 Wauwatosa STEM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.3% | #2 of 982 | #1 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.7% | #2 of 992 ▲ 1 | #1 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #5 of 992 ▼ 4 | #2 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 127 | #1,039 of 1,157 | #175 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.1% | #1,051 of 1,064 | #173 of 174 |
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
127
-5 (-4%) vs 2020
+95% since 2010-11, when it was 65
Student : Teacher
31.8:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 127 | 4 | 31.8:1 | 3% (4) |
| 2023-24 | 131 | 6 | 21.8:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 131 | 6 | 21.8:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | 6 | 22.0:1 | 5% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 135 | 6.4 | 21.0:1 | 3% (4) |
| 2015-16 | 136 | 7 | 19.4:1 | 8% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 65 | 3 | 21.7:1 | 11% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wauwatosa STEM.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (135 to 127); teachers down 38% (6.4 to 4).
About Wauwatosa STEM
Among the schools in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, is Wauwatosa STEM, a very small elementary school. It enrolls 127 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. It has 61% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
Wauwatosa School District, which runs Wauwatosa STEM, has 17 schools and 6,704 students.
Roughly 83% of students at Wauwatosa STEM are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 51% of Milwaukee County residents are White. The diversity index for Wauwatosa STEM is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 31.8:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Wauwatosa STEM, 3% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wauwatosa STEM lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Wauwatosa STEM is 17.5 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Wisconsin.
American Community Survey estimates for Milwaukee County show that the median household earns about $64,435 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Milwaukee County has 284 public schools with about 122,496 students, including Wauwatosa STEM.
Wilson Elementary is the nearest public school to Wauwatosa STEM, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 62.8% proficiency; Wauwatosa STEM posts 93.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Wauwatosa STEM is one of the charter schools in Wisconsin.
In 2020-21, Wauwatosa STEM enrolled 132 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 127. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 31.8:1.
The discussion board for Wauwatosa STEM is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Wauwatosa School District
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Wauwatosa
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Elementary0.0 mi · 218
- Jefferson Elementary0.7 mi · 222
- Lincoln Elementary0.7 mi · 336
- Wauwatosa Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 91
- East High0.7 mi · 1,043
- Longfellow Middle1.2 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About Wauwatosa STEMHow many students attend Wauwatosa STEM?
Wauwatosa STEM enrolls approximately 127 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wauwatosa STEM serve?
Wauwatosa STEM serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wauwatosa STEM?
Approximately 31.8:1 students per teacher at Wauwatosa STEM.
How diverse is Wauwatosa STEM?
Wauwatosa STEM reports a student body of 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wauwatosa STEM public or private?
Wauwatosa STEM is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Wauwatosa School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.