Milwaukee City Wire

There were 33,625 Black students enrolled in Milwaukee School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 67,500 students were enrolled in the Milwaukee School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 49.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Milwaukee School District roughly covers 292 schools within Milwaukee County and has a main office in Milwaukee.

Among the 292 schools in Milwaukee School District, Obama School of Career and Technical Education recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,081 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	67,500	33,625	49.8%
2021-22	69,115	34,738	50.3%
2020-21	71,510	36,047	50.4%
2019-20	74,683	38,083	51%
2018-19	75,431	38,846	51.5%
2017-18	75,539	39,361	52.1%
2016-17	76,207	40,202	52.8%
2015-16	75,749	40,484	53.4%
2014-15	77,316	42,232	54.6%
2013-14	78,516	43,385	55.3%
2012-13	78,363	43,399	55.4%
2011-12	79,130	44,094	55.7%
2010-11	80,934	45,220	55.9%
2009-10	82,096	46,397	56.5%
2008-09	85,381	48,562	56.9%
2007-08	86,819	49,730	57.3%
2006-07	89,912	51,914	57.7%