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Auer Avenue Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1028th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Auer Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving 187 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Milwaukee School District, which is ranked 415 out of 426 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Auer Avenue Elementary has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Wisconsin, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates on the state's standardized assessment, the Forward Exam, are extremely low, ranging from 0% to 11.11% across various grade levels and subject areas, significantly below the state and district averages. The school's performance has been consistently poor, with proficiency rates remaining below 10% in most subject areas and grade levels over the past several years. Auer Avenue Elementary also struggles with high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching as high as 54.3% in the 2023-2024 school year, and relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 1.3% to 5.6% in recent years.

The challenges faced by Auer Avenue Elementary are not unique, as many of the nearby schools in the Milwaukee School District, such as Jackson Elementary, Franklin Elementary, and Keefe Avenue Elementary, also perform poorly on academic measures and have similar demographic and socioeconomic profiles. Despite the high level of per-student spending at Auer Avenue Elementary, ranging from $14,960 to $21,117 in recent years, the school has been unable to improve its academic outcomes, suggesting that additional factors beyond just funding may need to be addressed to support student success.

151
Students ?
17.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,117
Per pupil spending ?
91.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2319 W Auer Ave
       Milwaukee, WI  53206-1735

(414) 875-4500

District: Milwaukee School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
93.4%
Two or more races:
3.3%
Hispanic:
2.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (5% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (63% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school5%
District avg22%
Wisconsin avg54%
1,028th of 1,044
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
92nd of 106Elementary Schools in the Milwaukee School District
415th 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20252.01028 of 10441.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.21057 of 10610.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.21062 of 10670.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.71042 of 10672.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.61046 of 10500.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.61030 of 10370.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.51014 of 10251.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20171.41067 of 10710.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20161.51072 of 10750.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20151.11070 of 10760.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.31058 of 10610.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20130.91051 of 10530.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.21038 of 10450.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201113.7965 of 10467.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.31022 of 10452.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.21027 of 10300.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.21018 of 10210.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20070.6688 of 6890.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20060.3712 of 7120.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20058.0578 of 6328.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200410.7574 of 6339.3%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202123.4135 of 1414.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.2148 of 1618.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.0159 of 1653.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20252.8978 of 10012.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.11011 of 10110.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.3997 of 10101.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.6958 of 10175.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.6995 of 10040.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.71000 of 10020.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.2983 of 9971.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20252.3986 of 10001.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.3995 of 10121.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.51004 of 10110.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.41012 of 10170.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.4998 of 10030.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.1981 of 10022.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.0988 of 9970.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20249.6789 of 7900.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.4732 of 7461.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.0662 of 74210.8%★☆☆☆☆
201815.2678 of 7216.0%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20172.5594 of 6122.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20151.1611 of 6120.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20140.8585 of 5850.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.8557 of 5692.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.1556 of 5590.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.4537 of 5492.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.2536 of 5390.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.0521 of 5210.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.1517 of 5190.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20070.2365 of 3660.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20060.1381 of 3820.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20050.3326 of 3321.8%☆☆☆☆☆
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
African American (2021)4th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
Special Education (2024)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts8%-44 vs state
Mathematics4%-50 vs state
Social Studies0%-64 vs state
Science0%-51 vs state

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Students at Auer Avenue Elementary are 93% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 151 students attended Auer Avenue Elementary.

Auer Avenue Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.5% of Wisconsin elementary schools.


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