Browning Elementary

Browning Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Browning Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%). The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Browning Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Browning Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 8.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Browning Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Kilbourn Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Browning Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 17.7%.

Browning Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Browning Elementary has ticked down 5%, going from 294 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.