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Kluge Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
995th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,039 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Kluge Elementary is a PK–5 school serving 301 students at 5760 N 67th St on Milwaukee's northwest side, one of more than 400 schools in the Milwaukee School District. Nearly the entire student body — 92.7% — qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's academic record has been remarkably flat: across ten reported years it has never ranked above the 2nd–5th percentile statewide or earned more than 0 stars, and it currently sits at 995 of 1,039 Wisconsin schools. In 2025-26, proficiency across grades 3–5 averaged about 11% in English language arts and 9% in math, compared with roughly 24% and 20% district-wide and about 53% statewide.

Within its immediate neighborhood, Kluge is low-performing but not the lowest. Its 2025-26 reading and math averages beat Lancaster Elementary, Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary, Browning Elementary, and Kilbourn Elementary. Social studies is the relative bright spot at 26.5% proficient in 4th grade, the only subject trending upward over several years. Math is the deepest weakness, especially in 4th grade, where proficiency was 2.94%. Because grade-level test groups are small (roughly 30–40 students), single-year swings can reflect only a handful of students.

Kluge spends $26,270 per student — the most among its district peers — up 71% since 2019-20, while proficiency has barely moved, and its student-teacher ratio of 14.3 is unusually small for the area. Chronic absenteeism, at 49.6%, is the best among nearby district schools and has fallen 14.6 points in four years. Nearby charters post higher math results; Rocketship Transformation Prep, 0.35 miles away, reports about 31% math proficiency, though its 23.6% free-lunch rate suggests a different student population.

301
Students ?
14.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$26,270
Per pupil spending ?
92.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5760 N 67th St
       Milwaukee, WI  53218-2307

(414) 578-5000

District: Milwaukee School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
83.1%
Asian:
7.3%
Hispanic:
5.0%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2016 → 4th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (12% vs 55% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (50% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school12%
District avg23%
Wisconsin avg55%
995th of 1,039
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▬ steady since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
66th 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
20263.1995 of 10394.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.3988 of 10445.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.51010 of 10614.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.41038 of 10672.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.01035 of 10673.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.91018 of 10503.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.21014 of 10372.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.0973 of 10255.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.51024 of 10714.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20163.61027 of 10754.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.51008 of 10766.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20147.0990 of 10616.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20138.3986 of 10536.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20125.4990 of 10455.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20113.01018 of 10462.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201014.5955 of 10458.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20093.31001 of 10302.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.5957 of 10216.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200723.0587 of 68914.8%★☆☆☆☆
200629.8574 of 71219.4%★☆☆☆☆
200536.3469 of 63225.8%★☆☆☆☆
200444.8424 of 63333.0%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202637.096 of 15036.0%★★☆☆☆
202530.0101 of 14429.9%★★☆☆☆
202430.297 of 13729.2%★★☆☆☆
202329.9100 of 13827.5%★☆☆☆☆
202222.8118 of 13311.3%★☆☆☆☆
202127.8112 of 14120.6%★☆☆☆☆
201924.7133 of 16117.4%★☆☆☆☆
201826.1131 of 16520.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202118.1218 of 2221.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20263.9950 of 9863.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.7929 of 10017.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.5959 of 10115.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.8944 of 10106.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.2964 of 10175.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.1959 of 10044.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.4987 of 10021.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.7975 of 9972.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20263.7951 of 9893.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.8957 of 10004.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.9955 of 10125.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.51003 of 10110.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.51011 of 10170.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.5993 of 10031.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.5973 of 10022.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.0910 of 9978.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202619.8694 of 79112.3%★☆☆☆☆
202519.0696 of 80213.2%★☆☆☆☆
202418.4697 of 79011.8%★☆☆☆☆
202312.9754 of 7702.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.3734 of 7461.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.4738 of 7420.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.7684 of 7215.1%☆☆☆☆☆
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)36th percentile+32 vs school
Special Education (2026)12th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2026)4th percentile~ school
Female (2026)4th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2021)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?
Social Studies26%-39 vs state
Science12%-42 vs state
English Language Arts11%-42 vs state
Mathematics9%-44 vs state

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Students at Kluge Elementary are 83% African American, 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% White.

Kluge Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.2% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 301 students attended Kluge Elementary.

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Latest Wisconsin data All new data »
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
2024–25 ACT & Forward Exam scoresSep 25, 2025


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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