Brookfield Central High

Brookfield Central High operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Brookfield, Wisconsin, operated by Elmbrook School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,215 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Brookfield Central High sits 156% above that benchmark.

Brookfield Central High is one of 10 schools operated by Elmbrook School District, a district that caters to 7,845 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brookfield Central High reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Brookfield Central High has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brookfield Central High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.5%, the actual is 63.3%, a residual of -8.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Waukesha County shows median household income runs about $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Brookfield Central High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dixon Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brookfield Central High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 78.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 1,254 students in 2018 compared to 1,215 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 63% over that span.

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