Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus

As a moderately sized four-year high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus instructs 526 students from grades 6 through 12, run under Milwaukee School District.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). The remainder is composed of 6% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 35.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus higher than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.2%; this one delivers 17.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $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 Mid/Hi Northwest Campus is one.

The closest other public school is Rocketship Transformation Prep, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.8%.

Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus operates from a metropolitan location. Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 653 (now 526). Class-load math has grew: from 32.6:1 in 2018 to 35.1:1 in 2025.

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