Cass Street Elementary

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cass Street Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of Milwaukee School District. It serves 312 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Cass Street Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Cass Street Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%); the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 5% 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 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Cass Street Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cass Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.8%; this one delivers 12.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate 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%. Cass Street Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cass Street Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.7%.

Cass Street Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Cass Street Elementary's enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 312). Class-load math has tightened: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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