King Jr Elementary

King Jr Elementary is a mid-sized primary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. The school caters to 277 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Milwaukee School District comprises 155 schools with combined enrollment of 65,835 students; King Jr Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, King Jr Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%); the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, King Jr Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, King Jr Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.2%; this one delivers 9.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Milwaukee County) records that median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King Jr Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is LaFollette Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), King Jr Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 9.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. King Jr Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 287 (now 277). Black enrollment moved from 97% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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