Jones Elementary

Jones Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Cudahy, Wisconsin, operated by Cudahy School District, with 171 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Cudahy School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,985 students; Jones Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Jones Elementary shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Jones Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jones Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 43.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Milwaukee County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Jones Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kosciuszko Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jones Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jones Elementary has expanded 57%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 83% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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