Cudahy High

Set in Cudahy, Wisconsin, Cudahy High is a medium-sized 9-12 campus, overseen by Cudahy School District. It hosts 644 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Cudahy High sits 36% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Cudahy School District, which oversees 6 schools and 1,985 students, Cudahy High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Cudahy High lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cudahy High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Cudahy High is one.

The closest other public school is Kosciuszko Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cudahy High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cudahy High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cudahy High has decreased 11%, going from 722 students in 2018 to 644 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 63% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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