Carmen Hi Southeast Campus

Located at 2500 W Oklahoma Ave, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Carmen Hi Southeast Campus is a mid-sized four-year high school that enrolls 679 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Milwaukee School District. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 475.

Carmen Hi Southeast Campus is one of 155 schools operated by Milwaukee School District, a district that educates 65,835 students overall.

Demographically, Carmen Hi Southeast Campus records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%); the rest breaks down as 6% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 48.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Carmen Hi Southeast Campus higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Carmen Hi Southeast Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.8%, the actual is 17.6%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Around the school, Milwaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Carmen Hi Southeast Campus is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pulaski High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carmen Hi Southeast Campus. On composite proficiency, Carmen Hi Southeast Campus comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Carmen Hi Southeast Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Carmen Hi Southeast Campus's enrollment has ticked up 85% since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 679). Class-load math has grew: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 48.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Carmen Hi Southeast Campus community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.