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Milwaukee County's student body comprised mostly of Black students in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Among the many ethnicities represented in Milwaukee County schools, Black was the most prevalent ethnicity among Milwaukee County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 117,895 students attending Milwaukee County schools, 33.1% were Black. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 29.7% of Milwaukee County students.

In the previous school year, Black students were also the most common group in Milwaukee County, representing 34.5% of the student body.

Academy of Accelerated Learning had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 35.5% Hispanic students, 22.4% white students, 19% Asian students, 11.9% Black students, 10.5% multiracial students, 0.4% American Indian students, and 0.4% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 6.6% compared to the previous year.

According to the Nation’s Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both Math and Reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the Reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in Mathematics, with black students failing five times more than white students.

Ethnicities in Milwaukee County in 2022-23 School Year
Black [33.1%]White [29.7%]Hispanic [24.2%]Asian [7.3%]Multiracial [5.3%]Ethnicities <5% [0.4%]
Students' Most Represented Ethnicity in Milwaukee County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
School nameMost Represented ethnicityPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje Y. Bellas ArtesHispanic99.3%595
ASSATA High SchoolBlack93.8%112
Academy of Accelerated LearningHispanic35.5%563
Alcott Elementary SchoolHispanic37.2%293
Allen-Field Elementary SchoolHispanic84%488
Alliance School of MilwaukeeBlack63.5%145
Andrew S. Douglas Middle SchoolBlack91.6%167
Atwater Elementary SchoolWhite66.1%478
Audubon Technology and Communication High SchoolHispanic61.4%427
Audubon Technology and Communication Middle SchoolHispanic68%425
Auer Avenue Elementary SchoolBlack93.1%160
Banner Preparatory School of MilwaukeeBlack89.1%46
Barbee Elementary SchoolBlack82%300
Barton Elementary SchoolBlack85%234
Bay View High SchoolBlack45.7%945
Bay View Montessori SchoolWhite60.8%469
Bayside Middle SchoolWhite70.6%340
Ben Franklin Elementary SchoolWhite72.3%332
Bethune AcademyBlack58.8%549
Blakewood Elementary SchoolWhite58.8%323
Bradley Technology High SchoolBlack71%951
Brown Deer Elementary SchoolBlack50.6%709
Brown Deer Middle/High SchoolBlack57.4%944
Brown Street AcademyBlack91.9%223
Browning Elementary SchoolBlack89.1%283
Bruce Elementary SchoolBlack82.1%280
Bryant Elementary SchoolBlack84.7%202
Burbank Elementary SchoolBlack36.9%488
Burdick Elementary SchoolWhite40.2%497
Canterbury Elementary SchoolWhite73.6%367
Carmen High School of Science and Technology South CampusHispanic95.4%387
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast CampusHispanic94.5%748
Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology: Northwest CampusBlack85.5%615
Carollton Elementary SchoolWhite71.5%376
Carson AcademyBlack93.1%350
Carver AcademyBlack92.3%351
Cass Street Elementary SchoolBlack87.7%285
Cedar Hills Elementary SchoolWhite48.4%308
Central High SchoolHispanic38.3%1,007
Clarke Street Elementary SchoolBlack95.8%192
Clemens Elementary SchoolBlack87.4%285
Clement Avenue Elementary SchoolHispanic42.1%285
College Park Elementary SchoolWhite66.4%265
Congress Elementary SchoolBlack92.6%720
Cooper Elementary SchoolHispanic37.5%461
Core4White78.1%105
Country Dale Elementary SchoolWhite70.9%447
Craig Montessori SchoolBlack86.6%276
Cudahy High SchoolWhite54.8%673
Cudahy Middle SchoolWhite48.5%419
Cumberland Elementary SchoolWhite74.7%636
Curtin Elementary SchoolHispanic55%309
Deeper Learning Virtual AcademyWhite42.4%99
Deer Creek Intermediate SchoolWhite51.9%310
Deerfield Elementary SchoolWhite75.8%372
Doerfler Elementary SchoolHispanic83.7%520
E. W. Luther Elementary SchoolWhite65.9%205
Early Learning AcademyWhite59.4%256
East High SchoolWhite66.3%1,067
Edgerton Elementary SchoolWhite68.3%369
Edgewood Elementary SchoolWhite66.9%314
Eighty-First Street Elementary SchoolBlack78.6%332
Eisenhower Elementary SchoolWhite48.1%374
Elm Creative Arts Elementary SchoolBlack88.4%302
Elm Dale Elementary SchoolWhite53.3%484
Emerson Elementary SchoolBlack79.2%207
Engleburg Elementary SchoolBlack81.7%295
Fairview Elementary SchoolHispanic44.7%647
Fernwood MontessoriWhite63.9%756
Fifty-Third Street Elementary SchoolBlack89.1%312
Forest Home Elementary SchoolHispanic81.6%582
Forest Park Middle SchoolWhite68.4%1,084
Forest Ridge Elementary SchoolWhite51.4%420
Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate SchoolWhite47.8%761
Franklin Elementary SchoolBlack93.3%229
Franklin High SchoolWhite72.2%1,571
Fratney Elementary SchoolHispanic64.2%483
Gaenslen Elementary SchoolBlack81.4%687
Garland Elementary SchoolWhite35.5%564
Glen Hills Middle SchoolWhite41.6%486
Glenwood Elementary SchoolWhite47.2%324
Golda Meir SchoolBlack58.6%1,174
Goodrich Elementary SchoolBlack65%300
Grandview High SchoolHispanic77.7%229
Grant Elementary SchoolHispanic50.5%545
Grant Gordon Learning CenterBlack91.4%35
Grantosa Drive Elementary SchoolBlack87.7%510
Green Tree Preparatory AcademyBlack85.8%435
Greendale High SchoolWhite68.6%932
Greendale Middle SchoolWhite68.3%621
Greenfield BilingualHispanic89.3%542
Greenfield High SchoolWhite50.6%1,157
Greenfield Middle SchoolWhite47.3%750
Groppi High SchoolBlack86.8%68
HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Asian97.5%1,828
Hales Corners Elementary SchoolWhite69.3%512
Hamilton High SchoolHispanic41.3%1,439
Hampton Elementary SchoolBlack82.8%163
Hartford Avenue Elementary SchoolBlack86.7%399
Hawley Environmental SchoolBlack70%283
Hawthorne Elementary SchoolBlack88.1%260
Hayes Bilingual SchoolHispanic95.8%664
Hi-Mount Elementary SchoolBlack84.6%149
Highland Community SchoolWhite40%420
Highland View Elementary SchoolWhite68.7%374
Holmes Elementary SchoolBlack88.7%266
Honey Creek Elementary SchoolHispanic41.7%374
Hopkins Lloyd Community SchoolBlack95.6%135
Horace Mann Elementary SchoolHispanic43.2%398
Humboldt Park Elementary SchoolAsian43.3%559
IdealHispanic57.1%245
Indian Hill SchoolWhite70.9%223
Irving Elementary SchoolWhite50.7%371
Jackson Elementary SchoolBlack92.1%240
James E. Dottke Alternative SchoolWhite55.4%159
James Madison Academic CampusBlack88.9%686
Jefferson Elementary SchoolWhite64.3%412
Jones Elementary SchoolWhite49.7%169
Kagel Elementary SchoolHispanic76.7%215
Keefe Avenue Elementary SchoolBlack94.6%147
Kilbourn Elementary SchoolBlack90%230
King InternationalBlack53.6%1,283
King International Baccalaureate Middle SchoolBlack93.4%271
King Jr. Elementary SchoolBlack96.1%279
Kluge Elementary SchoolBlack80.6%325
Kosciuszko Elementary SchoolWhite54.3%186
La Causa Charter SchoolHispanic97.3%623
LaFollette Elementary SchoolBlack94.5%183
Lad Lake Synergy SchoolBlack60.4%53
Lake Bluff Elementary SchoolWhite63.2%508
Lakeview Elementary SchoolWhite44.5%290
Lancaster Elementary SchoolBlack87.8%320
Lane Intermediate SchoolWhite54.6%381
Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolHispanic78.5%442
Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhite78.8%320
Lincoln Middle SchoolBlack65.5%374
Longfellow Elementary SchoolHispanic76.1%673
Longfellow Middle SchoolWhite68.5%737
Lowell International Elementary SchoolHispanic54.5%213
MacDowell Montessori School K3-12Black52.7%854
Madison Elementary SchoolWhite50%288
Manitoba Elementary SchoolHispanic47.5%440
Maple Dale SchoolWhite63%219
Maple Grove Elementary SchoolWhite45.7%464
Maple Tree Elementary SchoolBlack84.9%231
Marshall High SchoolBlack90.5%798
Maryland MontessoriWhite59.9%501
McKinley Elementary SchoolWhite80.3%395
Meadowview Elementary SchoolWhite67%336
Metcalfe Elementary SchoolBlack94.6%334
Milwaukee Academy of Chinese LanguageBlack67.6%475
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 36th Street CampusBlack90.1%493
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 38th StreetBlack90.2%467
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lloyd StreetBlack92.7%490
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lola Rowe North CampusBlack93.4%512
Milwaukee County Correctional Facility SouthBlack52.6%19
Milwaukee County Youth Education CenterBlack100%5
Milwaukee Environmental Science AcademyBlack90.6%299
Milwaukee Excellence Charter SchoolBlack93.4%544
Milwaukee French ImmersionBlack61.3%450
Milwaukee German ImmersionWhite50.8%561
Milwaukee High School of the ArtsBlack51.5%989
Milwaukee Parkside SchoolHispanic40.3%838
Milwaukee School of LanguagesBlack48.4%985
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary SchoolBlack78.8%429
Milwaukee Spanish ImmersionHispanic58.5%716
Mitchell Elementary SchoolHispanic76.2%393
Morgandale Elementary SchoolHispanic63.2%530
Morse Middle School for the Gifted and TalentedBlack75.5%445
NOVA - Northwest Opportunities Vocational AcademyBlack89.7%107
Nathan Hale High SchoolWhite52.3%1,261
Neeskara Elementary SchoolBlack75.9%340
New Horizons for LearningWhite45.8%24
Next Door CharterBlack94.3%175
Nicolet High SchoolWhite54.9%1,089
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary SchoolBlack58.7%414
North Division High SchoolBlack92.9%366
Oak Creek East Middle SchoolWhite69.4%945
Oak Creek High SchoolWhite67%2,168
Oak Creek West Middle SchoolWhite51%533
Obama School of Career and Technical EducationBlack77.1%1,402
Parkview Elementary SchoolBlack49.4%312
Parkway Elementary SchoolWhite44.3%476
Pershing Elementary SchoolHispanic57.2%180
Pleasant View Elementary SchoolWhite62%450
Pratt Elementary SchoolBlack92.1%316
Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and YouthBlack79.2%101
Pulaski High SchoolHispanic48.6%921
Rawson Elementary SchoolWhite56.1%380
Reagan College Preparatory High SchoolHispanic50.6%1,343
Richards Elementary SchoolWhite80%665
Riley Dual Language Montessori SchoolHispanic76.7%296
River Trail Elementary SchoolBlack79.3%343
Riverside High SchoolBlack64.6%1,229
Riverwest Elementary SchoolBlack77.5%258
Robinwood Elementary SchoolWhite63.7%465
Rogers Street AcademyHispanic89.4%529
Roosevelt Elementary SchoolWhite66.9%414
Roosevelt Middle SchoolBlack90.9%309
Saint Francis High SchoolWhite44.3%530
Seeds of Health Elementary ProgramHispanic87%378
Shalom High SchoolBlack90.6%106
Shared JourneysHispanic100%2
Shepard Hills Elementary SchoolWhite63.8%431
Sherman Elementary SchoolBlack89.3%281
Shorewood High SchoolWhite63.2%636
Shorewood Intermediate SchoolWhite66.6%287
Siefert Elementary SchoolBlack87.2%234
South Accelerated AcademyBlack44.4%27
South Division High SchoolHispanic52.5%807
South Milwaukee High SchoolWhite59.1%988
South Milwaukee Middle SchoolWhite59.1%587
SoutheasternBlack71.4%7
Southwood Glen Elementary SchoolWhite65.6%413
Starms DiscoveryBlack89.1%238
Starms Early ChildhoodBlack90.8%251
Stormonth Elementary SchoolWhite78.1%485
Story Elementary SchoolBlack74.1%359
Stuart Elementary SchoolBlack57%256
Tenor High SchoolHispanic64%550
Thoreau Elementary SchoolBlack83.8%352
Thurston Woods Elementary SchoolBlack87%355
Time 4 Learning Charter SchoolWhite70.5%105
Townsend Street Elementary SchoolBlack89.3%280
Transition High SchoolBlack89.6%67
Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes StudiesHispanic49.3%209
Underwood Elementary SchoolWhite45.8%336
Vel R. Phillips SchoolBlack86.8%106
Veritas High SchoolHispanic94.1%253
Victory Elementary SchoolAsian40.5%437
Vieau Elementary SchoolHispanic95.8%615
Vincent Accelerated AcademyBlack91.7%60
Vincent High SchoolBlack85.1%685
WHS Information TechnologyBlack88.5%417
Walker Elementary SchoolWhite59.8%249
Washington Elementary SchoolWhite72.2%288
Wauwatosa Montessori SchoolWhite70%180
Wauwatosa STEMWhite86.3%131
Wauwatosa Virtual AcademyBlack43.5%168
Wedgewood Park SchoolHispanic55.8%656
West High SchoolWhite54.6%1,050
West Milwaukee Intermediate SchoolHispanic48.4%304
Westside AcademyBlack85.7%175
Whitefish Bay High SchoolWhite73%941
Whitefish Bay Middle SchoolWhite75.4%618
Whitman Elementary SchoolHispanic41.1%319
Whitman Middle SchoolWhite49.2%650
Whitnall High SchoolWhite68.2%832
Whitnall Middle SchoolWhite70.3%579
Whittier Elementary SchoolHispanic35%143
Willow Glen Primary SchoolWhite55.8%226
Wilson Elementary SchoolWhite75.7%193
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong LearningBlack87.7%422
Zablocki Elementary SchoolHispanic60.7%308

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Deerfield Elementary SchoolRiverside High SchoolGreenfield High SchoolThoreau Elementary SchoolWhitman Middle SchoolFranklin High SchoolMilwaukee German ImmersionFifty-Third Street Elementary SchoolKagel Elementary SchoolEdgewood Elementary SchoolNathan Hale High SchoolLincoln Elementary SchoolLongfellow Middle SchoolClemens Elementary SchoolStuart Elementary SchoolMadison Elementary SchoolKilbourn Elementary SchoolMilwaukee College Preparatory School - Lola Rowe North CampusRoosevelt Elementary SchoolMeadowview Elementary SchoolWauwatosa Virtual AcademyDeer Creek Intermediate SchoolAuer Avenue Elementary SchoolVieau Elementary SchoolWauwatosa Montessori SchoolLuther Elementary SchoolMilwaukee Excellence Charter SchoolTransition High SchoolWauwatosa East High SchoolBen Franklin Elementary SchoolWhitman Elementary SchoolWisconsin Department of Public InstructionCraig Montessori SchoolOak Creek West Middle SchoolAcademy of Accelerated LearningGlen Hills Middle SchoolBurbank Elementary SchoolMilwaukee Spanish ImmersionNext Door CharterCarollton Elementary SchoolClarke Street Elementary SchoolStormonth Elementary SchoolGarland Elementary SchoolOak Creek High SchoolElm Dale Elementary SchoolNinety-Fifth Street Elementary SchoolCarmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast CampusAudubon High SchoolHopkins Lloyd Community SchoolLongfellow Elementary SchoolShared JourneysSeeds of Health Elementary ProgramMaple Tree Elementary SchoolWilson Elementary SchoolLancaster Elementary SchoolWhitefish Bay High SchoolBay View Middle And High SchoolSiefert Elementary SchoolMilwaukee Sign Language Elementary SchoolGrandview High SchoolSouth Division High SchoolMacdowell Montessori Elementary SchoolWest High SchoolGreenfield Middle SchoolZablocki Elementary SchoolWauwatosa StemEmerson Elementary SchoolMcKinley Elementary SchoolGrantosa Drive Elementary SchoolHoney Creek Elementary SchoolClement Avenue Elementary SchoolHamilton High SchoolKosciuszko Elementary SchoolPierce Elementary SchoolForest Ridge Elementary SchoolLafollette Elementary SchoolMilwaukee Academy of Chinese LanguageCass Street Elementary SchoolGroppi High SchoolHayes Bilingual SchoolParkview Elementary SchoolJones Elementary SchoolMitchell Elementary SchoolShalom High SchoolShorewood IntermediateCountry Dale Elementary SchoolLane Intermediate SchoolTime 4 Learning Charter SchoolForest Park Middle SchoolGrant Gordon Learning CenterEdgewood Elementary SchoolFranklin Elementary SchoolAlliance High SchoolSoutheasternReagan College Preparatory High SchoolIndian Hill Elementary SchoolMorse Middle School for the Gifted and TalentedJefferson Elementary SchoolBruce Elementary SchoolCore4Brown Deer Elementary SchoolStory Elementary SchoolKluge Elementary SchoolMadison Elementary SchoolWhs Information TechnologyWhitnall High SchoolFairview Elementary SchoolHolmes Elementary SchoolFernwood MontessoriMitchell Elementary SchoolBanner Preparatory School of MilwaukeeBryant Elementary SchoolBlakewood Elementary SchoolBrown Street AcademyLad Lake Synergy SchoolWashington Elementary SchoolMilwaukee County Youth Educational CenterAllen-Field Elementary SchoolSouth Accelerated AcademyHapa-Hmong American Peace AcademyAndrew S. Douglas Middle SchoolGreen Tree Preparatory AcademyFranklin Elementary SchoolFratney Elementary SchoolMetcalfe Elementary SchoolDeeper Learning Virtual AcademyHampton Elementary SchoolMilwaukee Environmental Science AcademyBarbee Elementary SchoolBurdick Elementary SchoolKing Junior Elementary SchoolWhitefish Bay Middle SchoolLongfellow Elementary SchoolHawthorne Elementary SchoolEdgerton Elementary SchoolHighland View Elementary SchoolCarmen High And TechnologyJefferson Elementary SchoolSouth Milwaukee Middle SchoolNew Horizons for LearningEisenhower Elementary SchoolVincent Accelerated AcademyGolda Meir SchoolCudahy Middle SchoolBethune AcademyPratt Elementary SchoolJames E. Dottke Alternative SchoolObama School of Career and Technical EducationCooper Elementary SchoolMilwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th StreeHawley Environmental SchoolMilwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd StreSherman Elementary SchoolParkway Elementary SchoolBrown Deer High SchoolGlenwood Elementary SchoolMorgandale Elementary SchoolWest Allis Central High SchoolEighty-First Street Elementary SchoolEarly Learning AcademyLincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolWhittier Elementary SchoolMilwaukee School of LanguagesHi-Mount Elementary SchoolKeefe Avenue Elementary SchoolWedgewood Park SchoolCarver AcademyCongress Elementary SchoolNorth Division Charter High SchoolRobinwood Elementary SchoolCanterbury Elementary SchoolShepard Hills Elementary SchoolTownsend Street Elementary SchoolCarmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology: Northwest CampusLincoln Middle SchoolJackson Elementary SchoolGreendale Middle SchoolEngleburg Elementary SchoolPershing Elementary SchoolBayside Middle SchoolMilwaukee High School of the ArtsLowell Elementary SchoolVel R. Phillips SchoolRichards Elementary SchoolSouthwood Glen Elementary SchoolSouth Milwaukee High SchoolAtwater Elementary SchoolGreenfield BilingualTenor High SchoolPulaski High SchoolWilson Elementary SchoolIrving Elementary SchoolMarshall High SchoolProject StayKing InternationalRiley Dual Language Montessori SchoolAlcott Elementary SchoolVictory Elementary SchoolMilwaukee County Correctional Facility SouthVincent High SchoolRiver Trail Elementary SchoolKing International Baccalaureate Middle SchoolWestside AcademyRawson Elementary SchoolRogers Street AcademyGoodrich Elementary SchoolIdealBay View Montessori SchoolWillow Glen Primary SchoolMitchell Elementary SchoolHartford Avenue Elementary SchoolMilwaukee Parkside SchoolVeritas High SchoolBradley Technology High SchoolAudubon Middle SchoolUnderwood Elementary SchoolGaenslen Elementary SchoolCudahy High SchoolCumberland Elementary SchoolBarton Elementary SchoolTrowbridge Street Elementary SchoolDoerfler Elementary SchoolNeeskara Elementary SchoolMaple Grove Elementary SchoolWhitnall Middle SchoolMaple Dale Elementary SchoolHales Corners Elementary SchoolCedar Hills Elementary SchoolPleasant View Elementary SchoolNicolet High SchoolAssataForest Home Elementary SchoolMilwaukee French ImmersionHumboldt Park Elementary SchoolHighland Community SchoolOak Creek East Middle SchoolCarson AcademyMilwaukee College Preparatory School - 36th Street CampusGrant Elementary SchoolMaryland MontessoriLake Bluff Elementary SchoolAlba - Academia De Lenguaje Y. Bellas ArtesWalker Elementary SchoolJames Madison Academic CampusBrowning Elementary SchoolLakeview Elementary SchoolHorace Mann Elementary SchoolThurston Woods Elementary SchoolElm Creative Arts Elementary SchoolWest Milwaukee IntermediateSaint Francis High SchoolRoosevelt Middle SchoolCollege Park Elementary SchoolLa Causa Charter SchoolStarms DiscoveryWi Conservatory Of Lifelong LearningStarms Early ChildhoodFrank Lloyd Wright IntermediateManitoba Elementary SchoolCurtin Elementary SchoolNOVA - Northwest Opportunities Vocational AcademyLincoln Elementary SchoolShorewood High School

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