Elementary · Wisconsin
Forest Home Elementary
Free meals for allForest Home Elementary, a public elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: grades pre-k–5, 559 students, 11.2 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
- 559
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.7
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in Wisconsin
Median 12.9 · 1,090 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 92% of elementary schools in Wisconsin
Median 322 · 1,092 schools compared
Larger than 75% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Wisconsin's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Wisconsin: 53%16%proficient
A lower share proficient than 93% of elementary schools in Wisconsin
Median 53% · 1,034 elementary schools compared
182 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Forward; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Wisconsin: 54%22%proficient
A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Wisconsin
Median 56% · 1,034 elementary schools compared
183 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Forward; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Milwaukee School District.
Location
- Address
- 1516 W Forest Home Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53204
- Phone
- (414)902-6200
- City or town
- Milwaukee
- County
- Milwaukee County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hayes Bilingual SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 670 | 15.3 | 16% | 15% |
Mitchell ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 597 | 14.4 | 6.9% | 7.9% |
Allen-Field ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 451 | 11.7 | 10% | 14% |
Lincoln Avenue ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 427 | 15.1 | 14% | 19% |
Rogers Street AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 570 | 15.8 | 20% | 19% |
Kagel ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 292 | 16.5 | 7.0% | 8.3% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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