Cumberland Elementary

Cumberland Elementary operates as a roomy K-5 school in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, run under Whitefish Bay School District. Current enrollment sits at 624 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Cumberland Elementary sits 93% above that benchmark.

Cumberland Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Whitefish Bay School District, a district that teaches 2,861 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Cumberland Elementary shows that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Cumberland Elementary is one.

Whitefish Bay High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cumberland Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 733 students in 2018 compared to 624 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.