Summary
Greenfield Bilingual is a PK–8 school in Milwaukee, WI, with 556 students, serving a high-poverty population (85.61% free/reduced lunch). It is part of the Milwaukee School District, which ranks 418th of 432 districts in Wisconsin. The school itself ranks 943rd of 1,039 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 9th percentile with 0 stars. The school spends $19,414 per student, up from $12,701 in 2019–2020, and has a student-teacher ratio of 15.7. Chronic absenteeism is 28.9%, and the dropout rate is 0.0%. Since 2020–2021, it has hovered between the 8th and 12th percentile, down from the 15th–17th percentile range in 2015–2018.
Compared with nearby schools in the same district, it is generally stronger than most, ranking higher than U S Grant School, Doerfler Elementary, and Longfellow Elementary. However, it falls below Pershing Elementary, Rocketship Southside Community Prep, and especially ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes, which is 0.25 miles away with similar demographics and spending but far better outcomes: 4.9% chronic absenteeism vs. 28.9%, 14th percentile vs. 9th, and much higher 8th-grade proficiency (50% ELA vs. 26.98%; 44% science vs. 20.63%; 52% social studies vs. 31.75%). Its proficiency averages are roughly 25.3% in ELA, 18.4% in math, 31.9% in social studies, and 23.3% in science—close to district averages in ELA, math, and science, but below in social studies, and far below state averages by about 29–35 points.
Strengths include better chronic absenteeism than the district (28.9% vs. 46.2%) and notable effectiveness with English learners, whose subgroup rank is 46th percentile—far above the school's overall 9th percentile. Middle-grade ELA is a relative bright spot, with 6th and 7th grades above district averages. Yet math and social studies are major concerns, and 8th-grade ELA falls below district. High spending has not raised state-relative results. For parents, the school offers a bilingual program that appears to serve English learners well, but overall proficiency remains low.
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