Summary
Glenwood Elementary is a PK–5 school at 3550 S 51st St in Greenfield, WI, enrolling 307 students as part of the Greenfield School District in suburban Milwaukee. It currently ranks 711th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools (32nd percentile, 2 stars), up from a low of 19th percentile in 2022-23, and its 2024-25 chronic absenteeism rate of 7.7% is less than half the statewide 17.3%.
Academically, the school is roughly at district and state parity in English language arts but about 8–9 points behind in math, with Grade 4 a persistent weak spot across all four tested subjects. It has comparatively strong resources: $15,820 per student and 11.1 students per teacher, the smallest classes in the comparison group. Compared with nearby Maple Grove Elementary, the school beats it in 7 of 8 tested grade-subject cells while serving more low-income students. Compared with Edgewood Elementary, however, the school trails in 6 of 8 cells despite similar resources and a lower student-teacher ratio. Among nearby Milwaukee schools, Whitman Elementary, Manitoba Elementary, and Curtin Elementary report chronic absenteeism of 37.5%, 42.6%, and 36.3%, respectively, far above the school’s 7.7%.
The improvement trend is real but modest: four straight years of rising percentile rank, better attendance, and stronger performance for low-income students, English learners, and special education students relative to statewide peers. Math remains the clearest actionable gap. Because each tested grade has only about 35–39 students, single-year swings should be read cautiously; multi-year trends are more reliable. Overall, the school is a steadily improving, mid-performing school with unusually strong attendance, small classes, and effective support for several student groups, but it still has work to do in mathematics and at Grade 4.
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