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Hayes Bilingual School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

982^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of Wisconsin elementary schools

Summary

Hayes Bilingual School is an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that serves grades PK-8 and has 638 students. The school faces significant academic and operational challenges, as reflected in its low rankings, poor test scores, and high rates of absenteeism and dropout.

According to the data, Hayes Bilingual School consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Wisconsin elementary schools based on the statewide SchoolDigger rankings. Its proficiency rates on the Forward Exam are significantly lower than the Milwaukee School District and Wisconsin state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school also struggles to effectively serve its student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 30% of Wisconsin elementary schools for Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and Special Education students. Additionally, the school has alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to over 50% in recent years, and high dropout rates reaching as much as 5.7% in some years.

While the nearby schools, such as Stellar Collegiate Charter School, La Causa Charter School, and Riley Dual Language Montessori School, also face challenges, they generally outperform Hayes Bilingual School on academic metrics. Addressing the issues at Hayes Bilingual School will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach that takes into account the school's unique student demographics and the broader context of the Milwaukee School District.

670

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,306

Per pupil spending ?

86%

Free/discounted lunch ?

971 W Windlake Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53204-3822

(414) 902-9600

District: Milwaukee School District

Students who attend Hayes Bilingual School usually attend:

Middle:	King International Baccalaureate Middle
	Lincoln Middle
	Roosevelt Middle
High:	Audubon Technology and Communication High
	Bradley Technology High
	King International
	Milwaukee High School of the Arts
	More...
	Milwaukee School of Languages
	Reagan College Preparatory High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.6%

White:

1.0%

African American:

0.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (17% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 17% Wisconsin)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg23%

Wisconsin avg54%

Elementary school

982^nd of 1,044

Wisconsin public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

578^th of 628

Wisconsin public middle schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 5% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)

See the entire ranking list of Wisconsin Middle Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

55^th of 106Elementary Schools in the Milwaukee School District

415^th of 426Milwaukee School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	4.7	982 of 1044	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.0	1005 of 1061	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.6	1015 of 1067	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.8	995 of 1067	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.3	958 of 1050	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.0	988 of 1037	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	951 of 1025	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	5.6	993 of 1071	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	6.7	997 of 1075	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	5.1	1016 of 1076	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	9.8	969 of 1061	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	10.3	970 of 1053	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	1.3	1022 of 1045	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.9	1021 of 1046	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	2.8	1017 of 1045	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	1.1	1014 of 1030	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	1.7	1001 of 1021	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	4.3	663 of 689	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	2.6	689 of 712	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	0.4	627 of 632	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	0.1	632 of 633	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	219 of 255	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.3	175 of 269	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.6	174 of 249	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.5	187 of 248	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.3	137 of 222	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.9	240 of 275	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.3	225 of 287	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	7.3	925 of 1001	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.7	943 of 1011	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.9	972 of 1010	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.4	951 of 1017	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.0	927 of 1004	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.1	950 of 1002	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.0	916 of 997	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	11.9	313 of 322	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	320 of 331	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.7	287 of 290	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	828 of 870	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.3	868 of 871	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	4.0	953 of 1000	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.3	966 of 1012	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.1	952 of 1011	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.4	941 of 1017	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.2	899 of 1003	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.2	956 of 1002	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.7	919 of 997	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	19.8	689 of 802	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	734 of 790	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.4	738 of 770	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	683 of 748	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	28.4	559 of 746	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	684 of 742	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	676 of 721	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	6.7	578 of 628	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.9	581 of 641	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	573 of 640	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.0	566 of 617	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.3	561 of 613	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.9	533 of 594	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.5	529 of 579	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.1	562 of 612	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.6	566 of 609	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	3.4	583 of 612	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	4.4	548 of 585	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	43.7	95 of 178	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.9	82 of 173	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.4	90 of 170	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	59.7	34 of 158	78.5%	★★★★☆
2021	38.8	90 of 138	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.4	100 of 153	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.0	99 of 140	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	4.9	544 of 573	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.7	539 of 580	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	513 of 579	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	529 of 576	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.4	532 of 574	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.8	503 of 557	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.4	508 of 551	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2021	19.9	207 of 225	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	476 of 509	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.9	424 of 525	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	456 of 522	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	9.9	521 of 577	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.7	514 of 585	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	524 of 591	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	520 of 577	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.3	527 of 572	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	490 of 557	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	485 of 551	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	13.3	400 of 414	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.7	398 of 425	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	396 of 439	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	399 of 421	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.9	387 of 437	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	404 of 414	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	396 of 417	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2025)14th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)14th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)5th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2025)47th percentile+39 vs school

Male (2025)10th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2021)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)3rd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies29%-34 vs state

English Language Arts16%-37 vs state

Mathematics15%-39 vs state

Science14%-36 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Hayes is not a high acheiving school because lots of teachers who are very poor in English. These teachers can hardly speak the language and they can't write it well at all so, what they do is speak in Spanish most of the time, which stops students from learning English. Its more important for them to be part of la raza than it is to learn English so they can have success in America. Kids have to take tests in English so they have to know English they go into high school and they can hardly even write. The principal doesn't do nothing about this she is just interested in having numbers. They should get rid of the principal and the teachers who can't speak English than the school would have a chance. The principal doesn't do nothing to help students from disrupting class she is never there when you need her and all the teachers complain about this. How can you teach kids if there is so much class disrotption but no body ever listens. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)		Forward Exam Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hayes Bilingual School	Public	PK, KG-8	971 W Windlake Ave	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-9600	670	44	15.2	86.0%	7 (1.0%)	6 (0.9%)	654 (97.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4.7	982^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	5.9%		4	1005^th of 1061 public elementary schools	5.3%	23	3.2	10.8	22.1	11.5	23.5	24.2	21.0	9.2	17.7	4.8	22.1	16.4	24.6	32.8	13.9	14.9	$15,306	$2,550	$12,756
Forest Home Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1516 W Forest Home Ave	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-6200	559	50	11.2	91.8%	13 (2.3%)	63 (11.3%)	466 (83.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	6.7	957^th of 1044 public elementary schools	8.3%		5.7	978^th of 1061 public elementary schools	7.8%	21	20.0	12.3	16.4				28.2	17.9	17.9				21.1		12.3		$16,794	$2,802	$13,992
Allen-Field Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	730 W Lapham Blvd	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-9200	451	39	11.7	89.4%	12 (2.7%)	55 (12.2%)	370 (82.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.2%)	4	991^st of 1044 public elementary schools	5.1%		4.4	995^th of 1061 public elementary schools	6.2%	4	6.4	8.5	17.4				14.1	13.6	13.0				25.4		13.6		$17,112	$2,796	$14,316
Stellar Collegiate Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2431 S 10th St	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 210-2507	190	17	11.1	100.0%	7 (3.7%)	25 (13.2%)	152 (80.0%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	16.2	901^st of 1044 public elementary schools	13.7%		15.3	921^st of 1061 public elementary schools	13.2%	20	28.0	24.3	19.2				56.0	29.7	37.0				19.4		18.9		$8,632	$240	$8,392
La Causa Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1643 S 2nd St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-1660	558	37	15.0	87.1%	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.9%)	536 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	5.7	970^th of 1044 public elementary schools	7.1%		3.5	1012^th of 1061 public elementary schools	4.6%	42	11.3	15.3	11.1	19.7	30.0	37.7	22.2	23.7	11.1	1.4	11.0	13.0	33.9	25.9	17.0	16.7	$15,437	$2,299	$13,138
Riley Dual Language Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-6	2424 S 4th St	Milwaukee	53207	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-7100	239	15	16.3	59.4%	21 (8.8%)	11 (4.6%)	202 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	6.4	962^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	7.9%		9.2	951^st of 1061 public elementary schools	10.4%	11	13.3	26.1	23.8	20.0			23.3	8.7	4.8	0.0			31.8		13.6		$15,621	$2,547	$13,073
Lincoln Avenue Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1817 W Lincoln Ave	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-9700	427	28	15.1	92.0%	18 (4.2%)	43 (10.1%)	353 (82.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	5.7	969^th of 1044 public elementary schools	7.2%		5.3	979^th of 1061 public elementary schools	7.7%	10	10.8	16.4	14.6				31.7	11.9	16.7				23.9		13.4		$15,879	$3,454	$12,425
Bruce Guadalupe	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1028 S 9th St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	United Community Center Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(414) 643-6441	1,364	99	13.7	72.9%	11 (0.8%)	11 (0.8%)	1,333 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.6%)	40.5	724^th of 1044 public elementary schools	30.7%		33.6	790^th of 1061 public elementary schools	25.5%	66	45.5	35.7	51.2	54.8	54.1	48.2	52.6	38.6	50.4	61.3	61.5	44.4	47.9	51.9	36.4	40.7
Kagel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1210 W Mineral St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-7400	292	18	16.5	86.3%	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.1%)	284 (97.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2.2	1024^th of 1044 public elementary schools	1.9%		2.7	1021^st of 1061 public elementary schools	3.8%	3	0.0	3.7	5.9	0.0	22.7	7.7	14.3	0.0	10.5	4.8	15.4	6.9	24.1	31.0	3.5	6.9	$18,923	$4,480	$14,443
Mitchell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1728 S 23rd St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-8100	597	41	14.4	94.3%	11 (1.8%)	74 (12.4%)	479 (80.2%)	8 (1.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	20 (3.4%)	3.4	1000^th of 1044 public elementary schools	4.2%		2.6	1023^rd of 1061 public elementary schools	3.6%	23	2.1	4.7	17.9	5.7	5.4	4.6	4.1	8.9	18.3	7.7	4.9	4.1	20.0	15.1	6.7	6.9	$15,566	$2,510	$13,055

Frequently Asked Questions about Hayes Bilingual School

What schools do graduates of Hayes Bilingual School attend?

Students who attend Hayes Bilingual School usually go on to attend:

Middle : King International Baccalaureate Middle
Middle : Lincoln Middle
Middle : Roosevelt Middle
High : Audubon Technology and Communication High
High : Bradley Technology High
High : King International
High : Milwaukee High School of the Arts
High : Milwaukee School of Languages
High : Reagan College Preparatory High

Is Hayes Bilingual School a good school?

Hayes Bilingual School ranks in the bottom 5.9% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Hayes Bilingual School?

Students at Hayes Bilingual School are 98% Hispanic, 1% White.

What district is Hayes Bilingual School in?

Milwaukee School District

How many students attend Hayes Bilingual School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 670 students attended Hayes Bilingual School.

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