Milwaukee City Wire

Among the many ethnicities represented in Milwaukee County schools, Black was the most prevalent ethnicity among students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 116,758 students attending Milwaukee County schools, 33% were Black. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 29% of Milwaukee County students.

In the previous school year, Black students were also the most common group in Milwaukee County, representing 33.1% of the student body.

Countywide, Academy of Accelerated Learning had the most even distribution of races, which included 33.1% Hispanic students, 22.3% white students, 17.3% Asian students, 14.1% Black students, 12.3% multiracial students, 0.6% American Indian students, and 0.4% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1% compared to the previous year.

Wisconsin ranks 22nd in the U.S. for public education spending, with an annual expenditure of over $16,500 per pupil, totaling $13.8 billion.

School Name	Most Represented Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje Y. Bellas Artes	Hispanic	99.2%	620
ASSATA High School	Black	89.7%	116
Academy of Accelerated Learning	Hispanic	33.1%	538
Alcott Elementary School	Hispanic	38.1%	268
Allen-Field Elementary School	Hispanic	80.6%	474
Alliance School of Milwaukee	Black	69%	155
Andrew S. Douglas Middle School	Black	93.4%	106
Atwater Elementary School	White	64.9%	479
Audubon Technology and Communication High School	Hispanic	61.7%	431
Audubon Technology and Communication Middle School	Hispanic	62.8%	368
Auer Avenue Elementary School	Black	94.7%	187
Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee	Black	97.7%	44
Barbee Elementary School	Black	78%	305
Barton Elementary School	Black	87.6%	259
Bay View High School	Black	46%	956
Bay View Montessori School	White	56.8%	484
Bayside Middle School	White	71%	341
Ben Franklin Elementary School	White	71.8%	315
Bethune Academy	Black	57.9%	525
Blakewood Elementary School	White	59.8%	326
Bradley Technology High School	Black	71.4%	999
Brown Deer Elementary School	Black	52.4%	722
Brown Deer Middle/High School	Black	57.1%	925
Brown Street Academy	Black	90.7%	204
Browning Elementary School	Black	90.3%	288
Bruce Elementary School	Black	82.5%	286
Bryant Elementary School	Black	83.3%	197
Burbank Elementary School	Black	38.8%	503
Burdick Elementary School	Hispanic	39.6%	495
Canterbury Elementary School	White	73.3%	344
Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus	Hispanic	96%	399
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast Campus	Hispanic	92.8%	676
Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology: Northwest Campus	Black	87.4%	586
Carollton Elementary School	White	69.1%	385
Carson Academy	Black	90.1%	332
Carver Academy	Black	92.9%	297
Cass Street Elementary School	Black	85.4%	281
Cedar Hills Elementary School	White	48.9%	307
Central High School	Hispanic	38.7%	1,032
Clarke Street Elementary School	Black	97.3%	223
Clemens Elementary School	Black	87.7%	309
Clement Avenue Elementary School	Hispanic	46.3%	259
College Park Elementary School	White	65.6%	273
Congress Elementary School	Black	92.3%	699
Cooper Elementary School	Hispanic	37.5%	459
Core4	White	73.6%	106
Country Dale Elementary School	White	66.8%	443
Craig Montessori School	Black	83.3%	257
Cudahy High School	White	53.5%	678
Cudahy Middle School	White	50.2%	263
Cumberland Elementary School	White	77.1%	611
Curtin Elementary School	Hispanic	51.2%	283
Deeper Learning Virtual Academy	Hispanic	41%	134
Deer Creek Intermediate School	White	53.6%	304
Deerfield Elementary School	White	78.2%	372
Doerfler Elementary School	Hispanic	83.6%	550
E. W. Luther Elementary School	White	65.2%	210
Early Learning Academy	White	63.6%	272
East High School	White	64.8%	1,041
Edgerton Elementary School	White	68.1%	376
Edgewood Elementary School	White	62.8%	321
Eighty-First Street Elementary School	Black	77.4%	358
Eisenhower Elementary School	White	46.8%	355
Elm Creative Arts Elementary School	Black	88.1%	319
Elm Dale Elementary School	White	50.8%	465
Emerson Elementary School	Black	82.2%	202
Engleburg Elementary School	Black	80.6%	268
Fairview Elementary School	Hispanic	46.3%	628
Fernwood Montessori	White	65.5%	772
Fifty-Third Street Elementary School	Black	82.7%	330
Forest Home Elementary School	Hispanic	79.7%	537
Forest Park Middle School	White	67.8%	1,074
Forest Ridge Elementary School	White	49.5%	422
Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate School	White	49.2%	1,003
Franklin Elementary School	Black	93.3%	246
Franklin High School	White	70.4%	1,606
Fratney Elementary School	Hispanic	66.2%	474
Gaenslen Elementary School	Black	81%	677
Garland Elementary School	Asian	32.1%	536
Glen Hills Middle School	White	42.8%	488
Glenwood Elementary School	White	45.7%	317
Golda Meir School	Black	59.2%	1,211
Goodrich Elementary School	Black	68.4%	288
Grandview High School	Hispanic	71%	217
Grant Elementary School	Hispanic	45%	582
Grant Gordon Learning Center	Black	93.5%	46
Grantosa Drive Elementary School	Black	87.5%	551
Green Tree Preparatory Academy	Black	88.1%	496
Greendale High School	White	67.2%	909
Greendale Middle School	White	65.6%	613
Greenfield Bilingual	Hispanic	90.3%	555
Greenfield High School	White	48.5%	1,127
Greenfield Middle School	White	48.7%	723
Groppi High School	Black	87.3%	102
HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12	Asian	97.8%	1,894
Hales Corners Elementary School	White	66.8%	509
Hamilton High School	Hispanic	42.4%	1,485
Hampton Elementary School	Black	78.7%	150
Hartford Avenue Elementary School	Black	82.9%	380
Hawley Environmental School	Black	74.4%	297
Hawthorne Elementary School	Black	83.5%	285
Hayes Bilingual School	Hispanic	95.9%	638
Hi-Mount Elementary School	Black	89.5%	143
Highland Community School	White	37.9%	414
Highland View Elementary School	White	66%	379
Holmes Elementary School	Black	91.7%	289
Honey Creek Elementary School	Hispanic	43.8%	354
Hopkins Lloyd Community School	Black	94.5%	128
Horace Mann Elementary School	Hispanic	47.3%	370
Humboldt Park Elementary School	Asian	40.4%	589
Ideal	Hispanic	51.4%	216
Indian Hill School	White	72%	221
Irving Elementary School	White	47.9%	376
Jackson Elementary School	Black	90.3%	216
James E. Dottke Alternative School	White	57.7%	168
James Madison Academic Campus	Black	89.4%	595
Jefferson Elementary School	White	63.4%	456
Jones Elementary School	White	48.7%	187
Kagel Elementary School	Hispanic	89.5%	267
Keefe Avenue Elementary School	Black	92.1%	127
Kilbourn Elementary School	Black	89.5%	258
King International	Black	57.3%	1,339
King International Baccalaureate Middle School	Black	91.4%	210
King Jr. Elementary School	Black	90.9%	298
Kluge Elementary School	Black	82.9%	344
Kosciuszko Elementary School	White	47%	219
La Causa Charter School	Hispanic	96.8%	570
LaFollette Elementary School	Black	89.9%	218
Lad Lake Synergy School	Black	54.3%	35
Lake Bluff Elementary School	White	62.9%	533
Lakeview Elementary School	White	44%	284
Lancaster Elementary School	Black	85.5%	331
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School	Hispanic	80.1%	416
Lincoln Elementary School	White	74.7%	336
Lincoln Middle School	Black	67.5%	308
Longfellow Elementary School	Hispanic	76.9%	718
Longfellow Middle School	White	69.7%	750
Lowell International Elementary School	Hispanic	49.5%	206
MacDowell Montessori School K3-12	Black	51.7%	860
Madison Elementary School	White	39.8%	254
Manitoba Elementary School	Hispanic	43.4%	445
Maple Dale School	White	68%	203
Maple Grove Elementary School	White	44.6%	457
Maple Tree Elementary School	Black	83.3%	264
Marshall High School	Black	88.7%	692
Maryland Montessori	White	59.4%	515
McKinley Elementary School	White	78%	386
Meadowview Elementary School	White	69.1%	311
Metcalfe Elementary School	Black	93.6%	342
Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language	Black	68.6%	491
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 36th Street Campus	Black	90.2%	478
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 38th Street	Black	90.4%	478
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lloyd Street	Black	93.1%	477
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lola Rowe North Campus	Black	92.1%	509
Milwaukee County Correctional Facility South	Black	73.3%	15
Milwaukee County Youth Education Center	Black	90.9%	22
Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy	Black	91.9%	295
Milwaukee Excellence Charter School	Black	95.2%	269
Milwaukee French Immersion	Black	60.6%	431
Milwaukee German Immersion	White	51.2%	549
Milwaukee High School of the Arts	Black	53%	985
Milwaukee Parkside School	Hispanic	41.2%	853
Milwaukee School of Languages	Black	48.3%	951
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary School	Black	83.8%	414
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion	Hispanic	61.5%	678
Mitchell Elementary School	Hispanic	76.4%	412
Morgandale Elementary School	Hispanic	56.6%	578
Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented	Black	70.4%	416
NOVA - Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy	Black	92.3%	117
Nathan Hale High School	White	51.3%	1,208
Neeskara Elementary School	Black	71.7%	371
New Horizons for Learning	White	54.2%	24
Next Door Charter	Black	89.7%	107
Nicolet High School	White	53%	1,054
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary School	Black	60.9%	424
North Division High School	Black	91.5%	389
Oak Creek East Middle School	White	69.1%	895
Oak Creek High School	White	65%	2,223
Oak Creek West Middle School	White	51.4%	537
Obama School of Career and Technical Education	Black	77.8%	1,226
Parkview Elementary School	Black	51.9%	335
Parkway Elementary School	White	42.3%	475
Pershing Elementary School	Hispanic	50.2%	235
Pleasant View Elementary School	White	64.6%	418
Pratt Elementary School	Black	90.6%	309
Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth	Black	76.9%	78
Pulaski High School	Hispanic	51.3%	945
Rawson Elementary School	White	53.6%	379
Reagan College Preparatory High School	Hispanic	49.1%	1,349
Richards Elementary School	White	79%	680
Riley Dual Language Montessori School	Hispanic	82.6%	265
River Trail Elementary School	Black	79.4%	403
Riverside High School	Black	68.2%	1,162
Riverwest Elementary School	Black	78.2%	275
Robinwood Elementary School	White	61.8%	455
Rogers Street Academy	Hispanic	89.3%	570
Roosevelt Elementary School	White	66%	406
Roosevelt Middle School	Black	88.4%	225
Saint Francis High School	White	44.8%	554
Seeds of Health Elementary Program	Hispanic	83.6%	377
Shalom High School	Black	91.8%	110
Shared Journeys	Hispanic	50%	4
Shepard Hills Elementary School	White	59.4%	421
Sherman Elementary School	Black	90.9%	242
Shorewood High School	White	64.8%	619
Shorewood Intermediate School	White	65.4%	272
Siefert Elementary School	Black	89.8%	216
South Accelerated Academy	Hispanic	47.9%	48
South Division High School	Hispanic	53.9%	842
South Milwaukee High School	White	57.5%	979
South Milwaukee Middle School	White	54.4%	605
Southeastern	Black	81.3%	16
Southwood Glen Elementary School	White	63.3%	395
Starms Discovery	Black	90.4%	230
Starms Early Childhood	Black	89.2%	269
Stormonth Elementary School	White	80%	481
Story Elementary School	Black	74.3%	385
Stuart Elementary School	Black	58.3%	295
Tenor High School	Hispanic	63.8%	627
Thoreau Elementary School	Black	87.1%	357
Thurston Woods Elementary School	Black	89.3%	298
Time 4 Learning Charter School	White	72.5%	91
Townsend Street Elementary School	Black	89.3%	299
Transition High School	Black	88.6%	88
Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies	Hispanic	43.2%	236
Underwood Elementary School	White	42.7%	335
Vel R. Phillips School	Black	86.6%	119
Veritas High School	Hispanic	93.3%	255
Victory Elementary School	Asian	46.6%	421
Vieau Elementary School	Hispanic	92%	684
Vincent Accelerated Academy	Black	81.6%	49
Vincent High School	Black	83.1%	708
WHS Information Technology	Black	89.5%	379
Walker Elementary School	White	57.6%	384
Washington Elementary School	White	73%	289
Wauwatosa Montessori School	White	68.5%	178
Wauwatosa STEM	White	84.7%	131
Wauwatosa Virtual Academy	White	40.9%	115
Wedgewood Park School	Hispanic	57.4%	552
West High School	White	53.4%	1,028
West Milwaukee Intermediate School	Hispanic	44.5%	353
Westside Academy	Black	87.3%	157
Whitefish Bay High School	White	73.6%	906
Whitefish Bay Middle School	White	76.7%	634
Whitman Elementary School	Hispanic	38.7%	331
Whitman Middle School	White	46.3%	598
Whitnall High School	White	66.3%	834
Whitnall Middle School	White	67.8%	569
Whittier Elementary School	White	32.4%	142
Willow Glen Primary School	White	51.5%	239
Wilson Elementary School	White	68.3%	208
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning	Black	88.4%	431
Zablocki Elementary School	Hispanic	55.6%	295