Summary
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary is a PK–5 school at 3707 N 94th St in Milwaukee, WI, serving 428 students as part of the Milwaukee School District, with a student body that is overwhelmingly economically disadvantaged (79.9% qualify for free/reduced lunch).
In 2025-26, the school ranked 928th of 1,039 Wisconsin schools (11th percentile, 1 star) — below the state average but above its own district, which sits at the 3rd percentile. Its clearest day-to-day strength is attendance: 34.9% of students were chronically absent in 2024-25, about 11 points better than the district rate and roughly half the rate of nearby Grantosa Drive Elementary (61.7%), Engleburg Elementary (58.0%), and Emerson Elementary (57.1%). Fourth-grade social studies is the most consistent academic bright spot, beating the district average four years running, and third-grade math was 33.9% in 2025-26, more than 11 points above the district. However, upper-grade math has declined sharply: fourth-grade math fell to 14.29% and fifth-grade math to 10.42% in 2025-26, now below the district. Class sizes average 20.5 students per teacher, the largest among regular MPS neighborhood schools in its comparison set.
Comparisons within about two miles are striking. Milwaukee German Immersion, just 0.82 miles away in the same district, ranks at the 85th percentile with 27.3% poverty, 7.6% chronic absenteeism, and lower per-pupil spending ($16,301) than Ninety-Fifth Street’s $17,878. In the Wauwatosa School District, McKinley Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary rank in the 86th–87th percentiles while spending $14,687 and $14,451 per student. The highest-spending nearby school, Emerson Elementary ($27,326), ranks in the 1st percentile. Meanwhile, the school’s low-income subgroup ranks at the 7th–10th percentiles statewide, showing that overall rank understates some peer-group results but also that economic disadvantage remains a major factor in outcomes.
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