Hopkins Lloyd Community School

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Hopkins Lloyd Community School works with 143 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Hopkins Lloyd Community School is one of 155 schools operated by Milwaukee School District, a district that caters to 65,835 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hopkins Lloyd Community School records that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hopkins Lloyd Community School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Hopkins Lloyd Community School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hopkins Lloyd Community School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.6%; this one delivers 12.8%.

Across the wider county, Milwaukee County reports that median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Hopkins Lloyd Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jackson Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hopkins Lloyd Community School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hopkins Lloyd Community School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 11.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 48%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 143 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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