Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus

Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus, a high-enrollment primary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, run under Milwaukee School District, teaches 486 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 50% larger than typical.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.0:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.5%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of +11.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Metcalfe Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 13.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. As a public charter, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus has edged down 4%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 95% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 127.0:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 today.

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