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Garland Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-8
936th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 10% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Garland Elementary is a public elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 536 students. 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.

Garland Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Wisconsin elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the Milwaukee School District and Wisconsin state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 27.45% of 3rd graders at Garland Elementary were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 21.92% for the district and 52.14% for the state. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 50.4% in recent years, and relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 0.8% to 5.6%.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Milwaukee School District, such as Lowell International Elementary and Victory Elementary, also perform poorly academically and have similar demographic profiles to Garland Elementary. However, schools in the neighboring Greenfield and Greendale school districts, such as Edgewood Elementary and College Park Elementary, significantly outperform Garland Elementary in academic achievement, despite serving student populations with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.

541
Students ?
17.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,621
Per pupil spending ?
88.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3120 W Green Ave
       Milwaukee, WI  53221-4178

(414) 304-6500

District: Milwaukee School District


Students who attend Garland Elementary 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...
Racial breakdown:

Asian:
34.9%
White:
28.7%
Hispanic:
21.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 15th percentile in 2014 → 10th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (25% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2014
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg23%
Wisconsin avg54%
Elementary school
936th of 1,044
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 11 pts since 2015
From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Wisconsin Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
553rd of 628
Wisconsin public middle schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 12% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Wisconsin Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
32nd 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
202511.2936 of 104410.3%★☆☆☆☆
20247.2970 of 10618.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.3926 of 106713.2%★☆☆☆☆
202213.2945 of 106711.4%★☆☆☆☆
201920.0881 of 103715.0%★☆☆☆☆
201820.5865 of 102515.6%★☆☆☆☆
201719.9904 of 107115.6%★☆☆☆☆
201627.5850 of 107520.9%★☆☆☆☆
201531.7846 of 107621.4%★☆☆☆☆
201424.7897 of 106115.5%★☆☆☆☆
201329.0866 of 105317.8%★☆☆☆☆
201247.5718 of 104531.3%★★☆☆☆
201157.9520 of 104650.3%★★★☆☆
201067.4329 of 104568.5%★★★☆☆
200967.9326 of 103068.3%★★★☆☆
200868.0315 of 102169.1%★★★☆☆
200674.5171 of 71276.0%★★★★☆
200414.9554 of 63312.5%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202513.3110 of 1165.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.1122 of 1230.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.7107 of 1167.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.4105 of 1104.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.7107 of 12212.3%★☆☆☆☆
201815.896 of 10710.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202540.5153 of 25540.0%★★☆☆☆
202436.0171 of 26936.4%★★☆☆☆
202345.5119 of 24952.2%★★★☆☆
202235.9170 of 24831.5%★★☆☆☆
201924.5245 of 27510.9%★☆☆☆☆
201832.2214 of 28725.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202513.8884 of 100111.7%★☆☆☆☆
20248.0921 of 10118.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.7863 of 101014.6%★☆☆☆☆
202213.7897 of 101711.8%★☆☆☆☆
201917.0870 of 100213.2%★☆☆☆☆
201820.9846 of 99715.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202530.0236 of 32226.7%★☆☆☆☆
202426.1256 of 33122.7%★☆☆☆☆
202334.1196 of 29032.4%★★☆☆☆
202252.5119 of 29659.8%★★★☆☆
201945.3131 of 26650.8%★★★☆☆
201856.293 of 27165.7%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202520.7759 of 87012.8%★☆☆☆☆
202330.4682 of 87121.7%★☆☆☆☆
202220.8753 of 85912.3%★☆☆☆☆
201925.1739 of 87415.4%★☆☆☆☆
201823.1744 of 85412.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202511.0897 of 100010.3%★☆☆☆☆
20249.4916 of 10129.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.9872 of 101113.7%★☆☆☆☆
202215.6885 of 101713.0%★☆☆☆☆
201927.2806 of 100219.6%★☆☆☆☆
201823.4834 of 99716.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202531.1578 of 80227.9%★☆☆☆☆
202417.2711 of 79010.0%★☆☆☆☆
202322.0652 of 77015.3%★☆☆☆☆
202217.2682 of 7488.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.2526 of 74229.1%★☆☆☆☆
201822.6607 of 72115.8%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20257.4688 of 7184.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.1722 of 7270.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.0688 of 7153.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.7674 of 7044.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.1674 of 7186.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.4658 of 6864.1%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202513.1553 of 62811.9%★☆☆☆☆
202413.1564 of 64112.0%★☆☆☆☆
202323.5516 of 64019.4%★☆☆☆☆
202218.0534 of 61713.5%★☆☆☆☆
201931.8454 of 59423.6%★☆☆☆☆
201834.9433 of 57925.2%★☆☆☆☆
201734.4436 of 61228.8%★☆☆☆☆
201644.3370 of 60939.2%★★☆☆☆
201536.2458 of 61225.2%★☆☆☆☆
201439.9436 of 58525.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
201870.125 of 12379.7%★★★★☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202510.282 of 886.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.379 of 879.2%★☆☆☆☆
202312.684 of 906.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.289 of 956.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.782 of 919.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.581 of 9010.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202556.262 of 17865.2%★★★☆☆
202445.779 of 17354.3%★★★☆☆
202342.586 of 17049.4%★★☆☆☆
202248.962 of 15860.8%★★★☆☆
201937.3102 of 15333.3%★★☆☆☆
201855.633 of 14076.4%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202512.3507 of 57311.5%★☆☆☆☆
202415.8499 of 58014.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.0439 of 57924.2%★☆☆☆☆
202228.5447 of 57622.4%★☆☆☆☆
201931.9428 of 55723.2%★☆☆☆☆
201828.5447 of 55118.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202536.5153 of 23735.4%★★☆☆☆
202431.8166 of 23930.5%★★☆☆☆
202356.388 of 22961.6%★★★☆☆
202258.972 of 22167.4%★★★☆☆
201956.471 of 20966.0%★★★☆☆
201869.637 of 20481.9%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202517.3449 of 50911.8%★☆☆☆☆
202419.1460 of 52011.5%★☆☆☆☆
202331.4381 of 52527.4%★☆☆☆☆
202226.7420 of 52219.5%★☆☆☆☆
201936.8342 of 48729.8%★★☆☆☆
201846.8261 of 48946.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202515.1501 of 57713.2%★☆☆☆☆
202415.8511 of 58512.6%★☆☆☆☆
202325.2469 of 59120.6%★☆☆☆☆
202214.1518 of 57710.2%★☆☆☆☆
201935.0408 of 55726.8%★☆☆☆☆
201844.1339 of 55138.5%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202521.6354 of 41414.5%★☆☆☆☆
202415.5394 of 4257.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202333.3310 of 43929.4%★☆☆☆☆
202228.0327 of 42122.3%★☆☆☆☆
201945.3206 of 41450.2%★★★☆☆
201842.5229 of 41745.1%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20255.9380 of 3994.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.4378 of 4077.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.0390 of 4125.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.8383 of 3973.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.0305 of 38220.2%★☆☆☆☆
201829.5290 of 37522.7%★☆☆☆☆
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)40th percentile+30 vs school
Special Education (2025)28th percentile+18 vs school
Hispanic (2025)27th percentile+16 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile~ school
Female (2025)12th percentile~ school
Male (2025)10th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)5th percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)4th percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
African American (2018)80th percentile+54 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)65th percentile+53 vs school
Hispanic (2025)35th percentile+24 vs school
Special Education (2025)14th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)13th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school
Female (2025)12th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)7th percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)5th percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?
Social Studies44%-19 vs state
Science24%-26 vs state
English Language Arts24%-29 vs state
Mathematics21%-33 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Open Quote I've dealt with terrible problems at this school. In October, I had to make a district complaint because a teacher physically restrained my child as he was trying to get in my car. School leadership failed to address my concerns and was less than empathetic. I had to witness a teacher being physical with my child and it SCARY. I've never dealt with anything like that before and there was no reason for him to be manhandled by a teacher! Cut to just 1 month later and my son was given a black eye. I just learned today he's still in the same classes as the bully who hit him. WHY?! I addressed that with the principal and got zero empathy. Leadership there have a very lackadaisical approach to disciplining students. The child who gave my son a black eye wasn't even suspended from school. My son now has a permanent knot on the side of his eye and no one has even said they're sorry he experienced that. Everything there seems to be reactive and the reactions are just simply inadequate. Close Quote





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Garland Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.3% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

Students at Garland Elementary are 35% Asian, 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 541 students attended Garland Elementary.


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