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Maple Tree Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
968th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,039 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Maple Tree Elementary is a PK–5 school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving 235 students as part of the Milwaukee School District. The district ranks 418th of 432 in Wisconsin (3rd percentile, 0 stars), and Maple Tree Elementary tracks that struggling profile: in 2025–2026 it ranked 968th of 1,039 schools statewide (7th percentile, 0 stars). That is actually the best percentile in its available 10-year history — earlier years sat at the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th percentile — though it remains in the bottom decile of Wisconsin elementary schools.

Two factors stand out. Maple Tree has a 94.89% free/reduced lunch rate — the highest among nearby comparison schools — and chronic absenteeism of 51.4%, above the district's 46.2% and roughly three times the state's 17.3%. Per-student spending is $22,931, up about 59% from $14,460 in 2019–2020, and the student-teacher ratio has improved to 17.8 from 20.4 in 2022–2023.

On 2025–2026 Forward Exams, proficiency averaged 17.75% in English language arts and 14.47% in math across grades 3–5, well below state averages and lower than several nearby schools. There are bright spots: 5th grade ELA reached 31.82%, above the district's 25.23%, and 3rd grade math hit 25%, above the district's 22.62%. Fourth grade is the clear weak spot (14.29% ELA, 4.76% math, 19.05% social studies, 9.52% science), and subgroup rankings are low across the board. Notably, Bruce Elementary has nearly identical poverty (94.81%) and lower spending but far higher proficiency and much lower absenteeism (33.7%), while Goodrich Elementary combines lower poverty, lower spending, 22.3% absenteeism, and stronger results — suggesting attendance and school practices, not poverty alone, drive the gap. Reducing chronic absenteeism and addressing 4th grade are the most actionable priorities.

235
Students ?
17.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,931
Per pupil spending ?
94.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6644 N 107th St
       Milwaukee, WI  53224-5006

(414) 578-5100

District: Milwaukee School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
79.1%
Hispanic:
9.4%
Two or more races:
7.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — <1st percentile in 2016 → 7th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (16% vs 55% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (51% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school16%
District avg23%
Wisconsin avg55%
968th of 1,039
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▲ up 6 pts since 2016
From bottom 1% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
50th 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
20265.9968 of 10396.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.7994 of 10444.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.01004 of 10615.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.61034 of 10673.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.21026 of 10673.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.11036 of 10501.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.0998 of 10373.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.11025 of 10250.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20170.81071 of 10710.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20161.61071 of 10750.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20150.91073 of 10760.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20146.9991 of 10616.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20132.61025 of 10532.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.31036 of 10450.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.11029 of 10461.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.71037 of 10450.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20097.2974 of 10305.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.31016 of 10210.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20071.9675 of 6892.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.0695 of 7122.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20054.8597 of 6325.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200410.4577 of 6338.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20269.6900 of 9868.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.1912 of 10018.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.5931 of 10117.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.0971 of 10103.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.8969 of 10174.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.0975 of 10042.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.6946 of 10025.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.0988 of 9970.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20264.8939 of 9895.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.4982 of 10001.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.9984 of 10122.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.9979 of 10113.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.6990 of 10172.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.6990 of 10031.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.9968 of 10023.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.5997 of 9970.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
201813.1707 of 7211.9%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Female (2026)9th percentile~ school
Male (2026)5th percentile~ school
Special Education (2018)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?
Social Studies19%-46 vs state
English Language Arts17%-36 vs state
Mathematics15%-38 vs state
Science10%-44 vs state

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Students at Maple Tree Elementary are 79% African American, 9% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 2% White, 1% Asian.

Maple Tree Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.8% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 235 students attended Maple Tree Elementary.

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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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