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Bradley Technology High
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bradley Technology High
Bradley Technology High is a high school of big scale in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District, enrolling 1,048 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 121% bigger than typical.
Within Milwaukee School District, which oversees 155 schools and 65,835 students, Bradley Technology High is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Bradley Technology High shows that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Bradley Technology High reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Bradley Technology High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bradley Technology High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 23.6%; actual is 6.2%, a gap of -17.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Bradley Technology High is one campus in the mix.
Vieau Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bradley Technology High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 22.7%.
Bradley Technology High operates from an urban location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 15%: 909 students in 2018 compared to 1,048 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.
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