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Bryant Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
958th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,039 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Bryant Elementary is a PK–5 school at 8718 W Thurston Ave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, enrolling 212 students within the Milwaukee School District — the smallest school in its nearby comparison group. About 91% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–25. The school's 2025–26 statewide rank is 958th of 1,039 schools (8th percentile, 0 stars), and it has earned 0 overall stars in every year shown, with percentiles ranging from 2 to 9 from 2015–16 through 2025–26.

Bryant has the lowest student-teacher ratio among nearby schools at 11.5:1 — smaller classes than Engleburg Elementary (14.2), Kluge Elementary (14.3), Kilbourn Elementary (16.8), Grantosa Drive Elementary (17.9), Bruce Elementary (18.2), Lancaster Elementary (18.5), and far smaller than Rocketship Transformation Prep (32.1). It also spends $24,988 per student, up about 46% from $17,097 in 2019–20, more than most nearby schools. Even so, overall results remain in the bottom decile. Fourth grade is the bright spot: 4th graders scored above the district in ELA (28.57%), math (23.81%), and science (28.57%), with science trailing only Parkview Elementary (34.62%) nearby. Third and 5th grade are weak, especially math (8.33% and 7.41%), and every subject and grade falls far below state averages.

Chronic absenteeism is 55.0%, above the district's 46.2% and more than triple the state's 17.3%, worsening from 46.6% in 2023–24; nearby Bruce Elementary (33.7%) and Parkview Elementary (37.2%) have lower rates and higher overall ranks. Subgroup results split sharply: students with disabilities ranked at the 1st percentile statewide (786th of 791, 0 stars), a persistent pattern, while results for African American students were a bright spot at 34th of 150 (77th percentile, 4 stars). With only 212 students, grade-level percentages rest on small cohorts and can swing year to year, so multi-year trends matter more than any single year.

212
Students ?
11.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,988
Per pupil spending ?
91%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 8718 W Thurston Ave
       Milwaukee, WI  53225-2829

(414) 393-6500

District: Milwaukee School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
84.0%
Hispanic:
6.1%
Asian:
5.2%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (18% vs 55% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (55% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school18%
District avg23%
Wisconsin avg55%
958th of 1,039
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▲ up 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
43rd of 105Elementary Schools in the Milwaukee School District
418th of 432Milwaukee 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20266.9958 of 10397.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.6950 of 10449.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.2999 of 10615.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.31040 of 10672.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.71043 of 10672.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.51008 of 10504.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.6963 of 10377.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.6997 of 10252.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.91003 of 10716.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20164.71013 of 10755.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20152.81038 of 10763.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20142.01036 of 10612.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20139.1980 of 10536.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20122.11015 of 10452.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201120.3942 of 10469.9%★☆☆☆☆
20109.1983 of 10455.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20094.3995 of 10303.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20084.0980 of 10214.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20074.0667 of 6893.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20063.7680 of 7124.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20052.0612 of 6323.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20041.2620 of 6332.1%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202665.434 of 15077.3%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202614.6865 of 98612.3%★☆☆☆☆
202514.3879 of 100112.2%★☆☆☆☆
20247.7927 of 10118.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.5991 of 10101.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.11002 of 10171.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.4970 of 10043.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.3905 of 10029.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.8973 of 9972.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20265.0936 of 9895.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.9910 of 10009.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.6960 of 10125.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.5969 of 10114.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.8983 of 10173.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.9941 of 10036.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.6914 of 10028.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.6953 of 9974.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202610.5786 of 7910.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.8778 of 7901.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.8756 of 7701.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.5734 of 7481.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202132.4523 of 74629.9%★★☆☆☆
201916.0692 of 7426.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.3582 of 72119.3%★☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2026)77th percentile+70 vs school
Female (2026)12th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2026)5th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)1st percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?
Social Studies33%-32 vs state
Science29%-25 vs state
English Language Arts17%-37 vs state
Mathematics12%-41 vs state

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Bryant Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.8% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

Students at Bryant Elementary are 84% African American, 6% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 212 students attended Bryant Elementary.

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2025–26 ACT & Forward Exam scoresNewOct 1, 2026
2021–22 through 2024–25 school spending dataJul 16, 2026
2024–25 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesMar 5, 2026
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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