Clarke Street Elementary

Clarke Street Elementary operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 167 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 323.

Clarke Street Elementary is one of 155 schools operated by Milwaukee School District, a district that works with 65,835 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Clarke Street Elementary logs that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Clarke Street Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Clarke Street Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Next Door Charter, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clarke Street Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 19.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 44%: 297 students in 2018 compared to 167 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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