Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee

Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee is a very small senior high in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District. The school caters to 49 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 90% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee logs that nearly all students (94%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

ASSATA High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 62 students in 2018 compared to 49 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.2:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.