White students made up 28.4% of Milwaukee County’s student enrollment in the 2024-25 school year, analysis shows

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Oct 14, 2025
ByF. C. Murphy
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Milwaukee County schools enrolled 32,645 white students in the 2024-25 school year, marking a 3.7% decline from the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Among the 286 schools in Milwaukee County, Oak Creek High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 1,398 students.

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.

Ethnicities in Milwaukee County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment in Milwaukee County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
School name% white studentsTotal Enrollment
ALBA – Academia de Lenguaje Y. Bellas Artes0.7%593
Academy of Accelerated Learning22.5%493
Alcott Elementary School25.4%264
Allen-Field Elementary School2.7%451
Alliance School of Milwaukee7.8%141
Atwater Elementary School63.7%474
Audubon Technology and Communication High School15.1%436
Audubon Technology and Communication Middle School5.5%345
Auer Avenue Elementary School0.7%151
Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee2%49
Barbee Elementary School8.7%289
Barton Elementary School2.8%283
Bay View High School7.1%1,021
Bay View Montessori School57%449
Bayside Middle School72.9%340
Ben Franklin Elementary School68.5%308
Bethune Academy1.4%574
Blakewood Elementary School55.7%314
Bradley Technology High School2.7%1,048
Brown Deer Elementary School12.8%709
Brown Deer Middle/High School11.5%904
Browning Elementary School1.1%279
Bruce Elementary School1.5%270
Bryant Elementary School0.5%212
Burbank Elementary School9.2%552
Burdick Elementary School31.9%527
Canterbury Elementary School73.1%350
Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus2.9%382
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast Campus3.1%679
Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology: Northwest Campus2.9%526
Carollton Elementary School69.7%376
Carson Academy0.9%326
Carver Academy0.6%324
Cass Street Elementary School1.9%312
Cedar Hills Elementary School48.5%295
Central High School31.1%961
Clarke Street Elementary School1.2%167
Clemens Elementary School0.9%321
Clement Avenue Elementary School29%238
College Park Elementary School64.5%273
Congress Elementary School0.7%607
Cooper Elementary School30%447
Core472.4%87
Country Dale Elementary School62.7%437
Craig Montessori School3.2%220
Cudahy High School52.3%644
Cudahy Middle School51.8%247
Cumberland Elementary School77.1%624
Curtin Elementary School7.6%301
Deeper Learning Virtual Academy40.9%88
Deer Creek Intermediate School51.3%300
Deerfield Elementary School78.3%368
Doerfler Elementary School2.5%609
E. W. Luther Elementary School69%197
Early Learning Academy52.6%266
East High School64.3%1,043
Edgerton Elementary School67.7%378
Edgewood Elementary School37.2%325
Edgewood Elementary School59.9%325
Eighty-First Street Elementary School5.9%357
Eisenhower Elementary School43.4%373
Elm Creative Arts Elementary School0.9%335
Elm Dale Elementary School48.6%477
Emerson Elementary School4.3%187
Engleburg Elementary School1.8%286
Fairview Elementary School30.9%603
Fernwood Montessori64.6%731
Fifty-Third Street Elementary School1.3%308
Forest Home Elementary School2.3%559
Forest Park Middle School68.8%1,056
Forest Ridge Elementary School42.3%435
Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate School48%902
Franklin Elementary School49.6%244
Franklin Elementary School0.3%244
Franklin High School68.8%1,605
Fratney Elementary School9.8%459
Gaenslen Elementary School3%641
Garland Elementary School28.7%541
Glen Hills Middle School38.1%483
Glenwood Elementary School39.1%307
Golda Meir School18.5%1,192
Goodrich Elementary School2.6%312
Grandview High School6.9%219
Grant Elementary School5%585
Grantosa Drive Elementary School1.4%506
Green Tree Preparatory Academy1.5%535
Greendale High School65.7%882
Greendale Middle School66%617
Greenfield Bilingual2%556
Greenfield High School45.4%1,140
Greenfield Middle School47.2%704
Groppi High School3.8%105
Hales Corners Elementary School66.2%520
Hamilton High School8.8%1,472
Hampton Elementary School1.6%194
Hartford Avenue Elementary School1.6%256
Hawley Environmental School3.3%299
Hawthorne Elementary School1.2%259
Hayes Bilingual School1%670
Hi-Mount Elementary School2.4%166
Highland Community School38.8%387
Highland View Elementary School67.3%336
Holmes Elementary School0.8%260
Honey Creek Elementary School17.8%393
Horace Mann Elementary School32.6%384
Humboldt Park Elementary School14.6%604
Ideal15.2%210
Indian Hill School70.9%223
Irving Elementary School45.1%375
Jackson Elementary School1.9%206
James E. Dottke Alternative School60.7%168
James Madison Academic Campus1.3%468
Jefferson Elementary School32.3%393
Jefferson Elementary School59%393
Jones Elementary School43.3%171
Kagel Elementary School0.3%292
Keefe Avenue Elementary School0.8%125
Kilbourn Elementary School0.9%218
King International9.5%1,308
Kluge Elementary School2%301
Kosciuszko Elementary School46.2%208
La Causa Charter School0.7%558
Lake Bluff Elementary School64.6%531
Lakeview Elementary School44.9%274
Lancaster Elementary School0.3%316
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School4.2%427
Lincoln Elementary School72%336
Lincoln Elementary School43.3%336
Lincoln Middle School3.2%309
Longfellow Elementary School1.4%773
Longfellow Middle School69.8%782
Lowell International Elementary School13.4%209
MacDowell Montessori School K3-1225.6%823
Madison Elementary School35.4%257
Manitoba Elementary School7%469
Maple Dale School67.9%224
Maple Grove Elementary School45.4%427
Maple Tree Elementary School2.1%235
Marshall High School1.1%639
Maryland Montessori59.8%470
McKinley Elementary School77.3%388
Meadowview Elementary School68.1%320
Metcalfe Elementary School1.4%296
Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language2.4%499
Milwaukee College Preparatory School – 36th Street Campus0.2%486
Milwaukee College Preparatory School – Lola Rowe North Campus0.4%496
Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy0.4%274
Milwaukee French Immersion19%426
Milwaukee German Immersion51.7%549
Milwaukee High School of the Arts8.1%959
Milwaukee Parkside School19.6%859
Milwaukee School of Languages19.3%964
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary School1.3%384
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion7.8%605
Mitchell Elementary School50.1%403
Mitchell Elementary School1.8%403
Mitchell Elementary School61.1%403
Morgandale Elementary School4.2%624
Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented2.9%383
Nathan Hale High School50.9%1,134
Neeskara Elementary School3.9%356
New Horizons for Learning68.2%22
Nicolet High School53.8%1,043
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary School10.1%428
North Division High School2.6%346
Oak Creek East Middle School66%935
Oak Creek High School63%2,220
Oak Creek West Middle School51.2%531
Obama School of Career and Technical Education3.7%1,294
Parkview Elementary School1.8%335
Parkway Elementary School42.5%490
Pershing Elementary School24.8%250
Pleasant View Elementary School62.6%422
Pratt Elementary School1%288
Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth0.9%114
Pulaski High School3.9%1,041
Rawson Elementary School50.9%371
Reagan College Preparatory High School31%1,372
Richards Elementary School78.8%680
Riley Dual Language Montessori School8.8%239
River Trail Elementary School2%406
Riverside High School2.6%1,240
Riverwest Elementary School4.9%244
Robinwood Elementary School60.9%437
Rogers Street Academy1.1%570
Roosevelt Elementary School68.7%396
Roosevelt Middle School0.7%270
Saint Francis High School41.3%543
Seeds of Health Elementary Program3.2%380
Shalom High School3%101
Shepard Hills Elementary School56.1%419
Sherman Elementary School0.7%147
Shorewood High School65.9%589
Shorewood Intermediate School67%300
Siefert Elementary School1.2%174
South Division High School2.5%923
South Milwaukee High School56.2%920
South Milwaukee Middle School53.9%610
Southwood Glen Elementary School62.2%370
Starms Discovery1.5%268
Stormonth Elementary School79.9%473
Story Elementary School2.5%365
Stuart Elementary School0.6%322
Tenor High School8%651
Thoreau Elementary School2.3%353
Time 4 Learning Charter School78.4%88
Townsend Street Elementary School1.6%257
Transition High School3.3%90
Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies18.9%228
Underwood Elementary School37.8%315
Vel R. Phillips School2.2%139
Veritas High School7.8%256
Victory Elementary School11.9%419
Vieau Elementary School1.5%713
Vincent Accelerated Academy1.9%53
Vincent High School2%611
WHS Information Technology1.7%402
Walker Elementary School56.1%371
Washington Elementary School70.9%285
Wauwatosa Montessori School66.5%176
Wauwatosa STEM83.5%127
Wauwatosa Virtual Academy29.7%91
Wedgewood Park School10%541
West High School49.5%986
West Milwaukee Intermediate School30.2%378
Westside Academy1.3%159
Whitefish Bay High School72.6%945
Whitefish Bay Middle School75.7%612
Whitman Elementary School18%339
Whitman Middle School45.1%570
Whitnall High School64.1%821
Whitnall Middle School66.3%558
Whittier Elementary School33.6%146
Willow Glen Primary School50.6%263
Wilson Elementary School67%218
Wilson Elementary School42.5%218
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning1.8%286
Zablocki Elementary School8.4%250

Information in this story was obtained from Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The source data can be found here.

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