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Manitoba Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-8
960th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,039 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Manitoba Elementary is a PK–8 school with 469 students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving a high-poverty community as part of the Milwaukee School District.

In 2025–2026, Manitoba Elementary ranks 960th of 1,039 Wisconsin schools (8th percentile, 0 stars), and the Milwaukee School District ranks 418th of 432. The school has stayed between the 2nd and 8th percentile for a decade, so this is a long-term pattern, not a one-year dip. In 2024–2025, 83.16% of students were economically disadvantaged/free-or-reduced lunch, per-student spending was $19,562, the student-teacher ratio was 17.1, and chronic absenteeism was 42.6%. That absenteeism rate is the highest among listed nearby schools and more than double Wisconsin’s 17.3%, though it is below the district’s 46.2% and has improved from 65.5% in 2021–2022.

Academically, the school’s 2025–2026 averages are 22.8% in ELA, 13.1% in math, 27.3% in social studies, and 22.5% in science—below the Milwaukee School District and far below the state. Math is the weakest area, especially 4th grade math at 2.44%, 5th grade math at 8.33%, and 7th grade math at 8.51%; 8th grade ELA at 28.57% and social studies at 30.3% are comparatively stronger. Nearby schools show what is possible: Fairview Elementary averages about 40.8% ELA and 36.0% math with 24.5% chronic absenteeism, Milwaukee Spanish Immersion about 36.3% ELA and 25.0% math with 20.6%, ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes about 36.3% ELA and 26.4% math with only 4.9%, and Glenwood Elementary about 53.5% ELA and 45.5% math with 7.7%. The school did improve in ELA, math, and science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and rankings for English learners and students with disabilities rose, but its effectiveness ranking for low-income students remains at the 1st percentile. With spending up about 40% since 2019–2020 without closing these gaps, the highest-leverage priorities appear to be reducing chronic absenteeism, strengthening 4th grade ELA/math, improving middle-grade math, and accelerating outcomes for low-income students.

469
Students ?
17.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,562
Per pupil spending ?
83.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
77%
Kindergartners meeting all minimum immunization requirements (2025-26)
 4040 W Forest Home Ave
       Milwaukee, WI  53215-3538

(414) 902-8600

District: Milwaukee School District


Students who attend Manitoba 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:

Hispanic:
42.0%
African American:
21.5%
Asian:
21.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (19% vs 55% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school19%
District avg25%
Wisconsin avg55%
Elementary school
960th of 1,039
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▬ steady since 2016
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★★★★★
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Middle school
590th of 643
Wisconsin public middle schools ?
Bottom 8%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
44th 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
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20266.7960 of 10397.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.3989 of 10445.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.9988 of 10616.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.91043 of 10672.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.21027 of 10673.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.7973 of 10507.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.2958 of 10377.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.5960 of 10256.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.91016 of 10715.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20166.9993 of 10757.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20156.5997 of 10767.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201412.8949 of 106110.6%★☆☆☆☆
20138.3985 of 10536.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201211.5962 of 10457.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201122.4930 of 104611.1%★☆☆☆☆
201025.3895 of 104514.4%★☆☆☆☆
200920.8919 of 103010.8%★☆☆☆☆
200814.6928 of 10219.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200727.0565 of 68918.0%★☆☆☆☆
200620.3609 of 71214.5%★☆☆☆☆
200522.0526 of 63216.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202518.5133 of 1447.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202434.090 of 13734.3%★★☆☆☆
202317.9136 of 1381.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.4109 of 13318.0%★☆☆☆☆
202124.6125 of 14111.3%★☆☆☆☆
201929.0117 of 16127.3%★☆☆☆☆
201831.8106 of 16535.8%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20269.9116 of 1214.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.1106 of 1168.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.1112 of 1238.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.2109 of 1100.9%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202626.2214 of 24512.7%★☆☆☆☆
202518.5251 of 2551.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.6253 of 2695.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.0233 of 2496.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.2247 of 2480.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202132.8160 of 22227.9%★☆☆☆☆
201945.2144 of 27547.6%★★☆☆☆
201832.9205 of 28728.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20269.8899 of 9868.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.7951 of 10015.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.2920 of 10119.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.8975 of 10103.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.4960 of 10175.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.9930 of 10047.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.4927 of 10027.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.1927 of 9977.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202627.8270 of 34722.2%★☆☆☆☆
202515.1301 of 3226.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.5293 of 33111.5%★☆☆☆☆
20239.4288 of 2900.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.7292 of 2961.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.4270 of 2741.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.8236 of 26611.3%★☆☆☆☆
201822.4231 of 27114.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20254.9857 of 8701.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.8870 of 8710.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.9849 of 8591.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.5785 of 8477.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.4833 of 8744.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.2834 of 8542.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20266.0927 of 9896.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.4941 of 10005.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.0969 of 10124.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.8999 of 10111.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.5991 of 10172.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.5921 of 10038.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.3910 of 10029.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.3926 of 9977.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202619.2705 of 79110.9%★☆☆☆☆
202512.1778 of 8023.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.6726 of 7908.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.5736 of 7704.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.4705 of 7485.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.8670 of 74610.2%★☆☆☆☆
201915.0714 of 7423.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.5667 of 7217.5%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20181.4682 of 6860.6%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20267.8590 of 6438.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.9587 of 6286.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.6590 of 6418.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.8575 of 64010.2%★☆☆☆☆
20227.5574 of 6177.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.1569 of 6137.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.0551 of 5947.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.3531 of 5798.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.3568 of 6127.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.7549 of 6099.9%★☆☆☆☆
20157.1566 of 6127.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20148.7533 of 5858.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20138.3524 of 5697.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201220.1502 of 55910.2%★☆☆☆☆
201127.5475 of 54913.5%★☆☆☆☆
201025.8467 of 53913.4%★☆☆☆☆
200917.2465 of 52110.7%★☆☆☆☆
20088.0482 of 5197.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200619.9327 of 38214.4%★☆☆☆☆
200435.4265 of 32418.2%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202526.295 of 11718.8%★☆☆☆☆
202434.675 of 11836.4%★★☆☆☆
202333.684 of 13035.4%★★☆☆☆
202217.7123 of 1251.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201935.078 of 12738.6%★★☆☆☆
201837.373 of 12340.7%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20268.891 of 976.2%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202649.965 of 16961.5%★★★☆☆
202526.8160 of 17810.1%★☆☆☆☆
202415.1172 of 1730.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202360.826 of 17084.7%★★★★☆
202233.3117 of 15825.9%★☆☆☆☆
201978.79 of 15394.1%★★★★★
201840.371 of 14049.3%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202612.2506 of 57211.5%★☆☆☆☆
20256.5535 of 5736.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.3533 of 5808.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.7494 of 57914.7%★☆☆☆☆
20229.7527 of 5768.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.2537 of 5746.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.9511 of 5578.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.3497 of 5519.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202631.7167 of 23629.2%★★☆☆☆
202511.6228 of 2373.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.4213 of 23910.9%★☆☆☆☆
202318.0209 of 2298.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.9210 of 2215.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.1223 of 2250.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.2187 of 20910.5%★☆☆☆☆
201819.4182 of 20410.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20257.5488 of 5094.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.7487 of 5206.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.9483 of 5258.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.4499 of 5224.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.0455 of 4998.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.8465 of 4874.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.8454 of 4897.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20266.9529 of 5758.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.8541 of 5776.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.1537 of 5858.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.3539 of 5918.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.8540 of 5776.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.7533 of 5726.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.7514 of 5577.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.2514 of 5516.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202621.3374 of 43914.8%★☆☆☆☆
202516.9382 of 4147.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.1379 of 42510.8%★☆☆☆☆
202321.3392 of 43910.7%★☆☆☆☆
202218.9393 of 4216.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.7364 of 43716.7%★☆☆☆☆
201935.1290 of 41430.0%★★☆☆☆
201824.3347 of 41716.8%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20211.2393 of 3930.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.2293 of 37521.9%★☆☆☆☆
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
Hispanic (2026)22nd percentile+15 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)13th percentile+5 vs school
Special Education (2026)11th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)9th percentile~ school
African American (2025)8th percentile~ school
Male (2026)6th percentile~ school
Asian (2026)4th percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile-4 vs school
White (2018)1st percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)62nd percentile+53 vs school
Hispanic (2026)29th percentile+21 vs school
African American (2025)19th percentile+12 vs school
Special Education (2026)15th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2026)12th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)8th percentile~ school
Asian (2026)6th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school
White (2021)<1st percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?
Social Studies27%-38 vs state
Science23%-30 vs state
English Language Arts22%-32 vs state
Mathematics12%-41 vs state

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Manitoba Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.6% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

Students at Manitoba Elementary are 42% Hispanic, 22% African American, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 7% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 469 students attended Manitoba Elementary.

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