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Garland Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-8
903rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,039 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 13% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Garland Elementary is a PK–8 Milwaukee School District campus at 3120 W Green Ave in Milwaukee, serving 541 students in a high-poverty neighborhood where 88.72% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch in 2024–25. It ranks 903rd of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools in 2025–26 (13th percentile, 1 star), up from 9th percentile/0 stars in 2023–24 and 10th percentile/1 star in 2024–25, so the trend is low but slightly improving. The district overall ranks 418th of 432 districts in Wisconsin.

Among nearby schools, Garland Elementary ranks above Victory Elementary (9th percentile) and close to Ideal (15th), but below Lowell International Elementary (21st) and Cooper Elementary (29th). Suburban neighbors in the Greenfield School District, Greendale School District, and Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District rank from the 47th to 95th percentile. Garland's chronic absenteeism of 23.0% in 2024–25 is much better than the district's 46.2%, but still above the state's 17.3% and far above suburban rates of 2.3%–7.7% (for example, College Park Elementary at 2.6% and Canterbury Elementary at 2.3%). Spending is $18,538 per student, above Edgewood Elementary, Elm Dale Elementary, and Cedar Hills Elementary, with a student/teacher ratio of 17.8 that is higher than nearby suburban schools.

Proficiency remains below state averages in nearly every tested subject and grade. Fourth grade is a relative bright spot (ELA 38.18%, math 30.91%, social studies 54.55%, above the district but below the state), while 5th-grade ELA (12.82%) and 8th-grade math (11.67%) are lowest. Some student groups score far above the school's overall rank — English learners at the 64th percentile, Hispanic students at the 44th, and special education students at the 39th — though results for small groups should be read with caution.

541
Students ?
17.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,538
Per pupil spending ?
88.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
71%
Kindergartners meeting all minimum immunization requirements (2025-26)
 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 — 21st percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2026
Strengths
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Milwaukee School District
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (27% vs 55% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school27%
District avg25%
Wisconsin avg55%
Elementary school
903rd of 1,039
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 13%▼ down 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 21% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Wisconsin Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
580th of 643
Wisconsin public middle schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 29 pts since 2016
From bottom 39% (2016) to bottom 10% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Wisconsin Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
25th 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)
Elementary school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202615.6903 of 103913.1%★☆☆☆☆
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
202621.8103 of 12114.9%★☆☆☆☆
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
202654.787 of 24564.5%★★★☆☆
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
202621.3819 of 98616.9%★☆☆☆☆
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
202642.8196 of 34743.5%★★☆☆☆
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
202628.0673 of 84820.6%★☆☆☆☆
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
202613.0868 of 98912.2%★☆☆☆☆
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
202638.7485 of 79138.7%★★☆☆☆
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
20268.0668 of 6974.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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
20269.4580 of 6439.8%☆☆☆☆☆
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
20267.096 of 971.0%☆☆☆☆☆
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
202645.988 of 16947.9%★★☆☆☆
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
202613.7498 of 57212.9%★☆☆☆☆
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
202629.4177 of 23625.0%★☆☆☆☆
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
202615.3470 of 5138.4%☆☆☆☆☆
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
20268.2521 of 5759.4%☆☆☆☆☆
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
202633.5300 of 43931.7%★★☆☆☆
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
20264.2389 of 3910.5%☆☆☆☆☆
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 (2026)64th percentile+51 vs school
Hispanic (2026)44th percentile+30 vs school
Special Education (2026)39th percentile+26 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)21st percentile+8 vs school
Female (2026)17th percentile+4 vs school
Asian (2026)15th percentile~ school
Male (2026)12th percentile~ school
White (2026)4th percentile-9 vs school
Middle school
African American (2018)80th percentile+54 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)48th percentile+38 vs school
Special Education (2026)32nd percentile+22 vs school
Hispanic (2026)25th percentile+15 vs school
Female (2026)13th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)9th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school
Asian (2026)1st percentile-9 vs school
White (2026)1st percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?
Social Studies43%-22 vs state
Science31%-22 vs state
English Language Arts27%-27 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 13.1% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

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

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

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