Bradford High

Bradford High is an expansive four-year high school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, operated by Kenosha School District. The school serves 1,453 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Bradford High sits 206% above that benchmark.

Kenosha School District runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 20,297 students. Bradford High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Bradford High logs that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% White, 21% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Kenosha County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Bradford High higher than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kenosha County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bradford High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.8%; this one comes in at 21.1%, -16.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kenosha County put median household income runs about $81,239, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kenosha County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students), of which Bradford High is one.

The closest other public school is Bullen Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bradford High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 1,552 students in 2018 compared to 1,453 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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