King International Baccalaureate Middle

King International Baccalaureate Middle is an intimate junior high in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, overseen by Milwaukee School District. The school teaches 159 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so King International Baccalaureate Middle sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), King International Baccalaureate Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, King International Baccalaureate Middle logs that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, King International Baccalaureate Middle has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at King International Baccalaureate Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, King International Baccalaureate Middle is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 21.7%; King International Baccalaureate Middle posts 5.3%, -16.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, Milwaukee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. King International Baccalaureate Middle is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Holmes Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around King International Baccalaureate Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), King International Baccalaureate Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 11.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. King International Baccalaureate Middle's enrollment has declined 67% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 159). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.