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Manitoba Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-8
989th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Manitoba Elementary is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Milwaukee School District, with 445 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin elementary schools over the past decade, with a statewide rank between 958-1043 out of over 1,000 schools and a 0 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very poor performance.

Manitoba Elementary struggles across several key metrics. Its proficiency rates on the Forward Exam are extremely low, with only 9.3% of 3rd graders proficient in English Language Arts and 6.98% proficient in Math, compared to district averages of 21.92% and 23.72%, and state averages of 52.14% and 55%, respectively. The school also has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 50.4% in recent years, and concerning dropout rates of 1.3% to 5.6%. Interestingly, Manitoba Elementary spends a relatively high amount per student, ranging from $13,178 to $16,296 in recent years, and has a low student-teacher ratio of 15.8 to 17.4, suggesting that the school's poor performance is not due to a lack of funding or staffing resources.

When compared to nearby schools in the Milwaukee School District, such as ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes, Rogers Street Academy, and Lincoln Avenue Elementary, Manitoba Elementary performs significantly worse across a range of metrics. These nearby schools generally have higher test scores, lower chronic absenteeism, and better student outcomes, indicating that significant interventions and support are needed to improve student performance at Manitoba Elementary.

469
Students ?
17.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,296
Per pupil spending ?
83.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 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 — 7th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (15% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school15%
District avg23%
Wisconsin avg54%
Elementary school
989th of 1,044
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Wisconsin Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
587th of 628
Wisconsin public middle schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 1 pts since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Wisconsin Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
59th 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
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

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

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
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
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
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
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
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
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%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
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
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
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
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
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
Asian (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2025)8th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school
Male (2025)6th percentile~ school
Female (2025)5th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)3rd percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)2nd percentile-4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile-4 vs school
White (2018)1st percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)19th percentile+12 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)8th percentile~ school
Female (2025)7th percentile~ school
Male (2025)6th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)4th percentile-3 vs school
White (2021)<1st percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?
Social Studies39%-24 vs state
English Language Arts13%-40 vs state
Science13%-38 vs state
Mathematics10%-44 vs state

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Manitoba Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.3% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

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

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


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