Summary
Maryland Montessori is a PK–8 public elementary school with 470 students at 2418 N Maryland Ave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of the Milwaukee School District.
Academically, it performs far above its district and above the state overall. In 2025–2026, grade-level proficiency averaged about 74.8% in ELA, 86.1% in social studies, 74.1% in science, and 56.3% in math, compared with district averages of roughly 25.9%, 20.7%, 35.3%, and 24.1%. Nearly all nearby same-district schools — Carver Academy, King Junior Elementary, Elm Creative Arts Elementary, Hartford Avenue Elementary, Riverwest Elementary, Gaenslen Elementary, Cass Street Elementary, Holmes Elementary, and Fratney Elementary — sit in the bottom 10% of the state, and Maryland Montessori's lowest grade-level ELA result (66.67%) is higher than every one of their highest. Its state rank climbed from the 31st percentile in 2015–2016 to the 69th percentile in 2025–2026, with 3 stars. Atwater Elementary, in the Shorewood School District, is the one nearby school that outperforms it overall, especially in math: Atwater's grades 3–6 scored 75%–83.58% versus Maryland's 40.82%–64.1% in those same grades. ELA and social studies are closer, making early-grade math the school's main relative weakness.
Attendance is a defining strength: chronic absenteeism was 4.9% in 2024–2025, down from 15.2% in 2022–2023, well below the district's 46.2% and the 39.1%–68.2% range of nearby Milwaukee schools, and close to Atwater's 3.6%. Free/reduced lunch was 24.89%, far lower than nearby same-district schools (62.31%–98.46%) and similar to Atwater's 24.26% — important context, though subgroup results point to effectiveness beyond income differences. African American students ranked 10/150 (93rd percentile, 5 stars), Hispanic students 58/322 (82nd percentile), and special education students 217/791 (73rd percentile). The dropout rate was 1.2%, though it was volatile in earlier years. Spending was $18,583 per student with a 20.2 student–teacher ratio — larger classes than nearby schools.
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