Elementary · Wisconsin

Fifty-Third Street Elementary

Free meals for all

Fifty-Third Street Elementary, a public elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: grades pre-k–8, 308 students, 16.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Milwaukee School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 308
Teachers (FTE): 19.0
Students per teacher: 16.2
Grades: Pre-K–8; Elementary

More students per teacher than 87% of elementary schools in Wisconsin

Median 12.9 · 1,090 schools compared

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 54% of elementary schools in Wisconsin

Median 322 · 1,092 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Milwaukee School District

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Location

Address: 3618 N 53rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53216
Phone: (414)874-5300
City or town: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee County

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Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Carson AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	326	16.0	0.5 mi
Townsend Street ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	257	16.1	0.6 mi
Sherman ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	147	8.7	0.8 mi
Milwaukee Environmental Science AcademyCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	274	19.6	0.9 mi
Congress ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	607	16.0	1.1 mi
Milwaukee Math and Science AcademyCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	241	17.2	1.2 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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