1
Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002537
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus
2449 N 36th St, Milwaukee, WI 53210 · (414) 445-8020 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
389 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 48.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus this school | 486 | 80.0% | 40.2% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus Milwaukee | 496 | 84.5% | 34.9% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street Milwaukee | 474 | 87.8% | 26.4% |
| Milwaukee Scholars Charter School Milwaukee | 696 | 83.0% | 24.5% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street Milwaukee | 492 | 90.7% | 32.9% |
| Congress Elementary Milwaukee | 607 | 89.3% | 11.9% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #751 of 982 | #63 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #678 of 992 ▼ 32 | #51 of 174 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #727 of 992 ▼ 3 | #65 of 174 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #175 of 1,157 | #38 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.0:1 | #891 of 901 | #156 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #807 of 901 | #142 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #121 of 1,064 | #88 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #584 of 664 | #119 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
486
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
was 51.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 486 | 18 | 27.0:1 | 80% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 4 | 119.5:1 | 78% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | N/A | N/A | 84% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 10 | 51.1:1 | 82% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 4 | 127.0:1 | 72% (367) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (508 to 486); teachers up 350% (4 to 18).
About Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus
Students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attend Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus, a large elementary school. Enrolled students number 486 students, in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is one school in a 155-school district, Milwaukee School District, which enrolls 65,835 students.
Federal enrollment data show Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is 91% Black. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 27.0:1. This ratio sits 12.3 above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. The rate at public schools in Milwaukee County averages 64%, lower than here.
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 45% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 28.5% for a school in Wisconsin with Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus's free or reduced-price lunch share. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus posts 40.2%.
Census estimates describe Milwaukee County this way: the median household income is $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus, Milwaukee County has 283 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Metcalfe Elementary, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus as a charter school.
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus's enrollment dropped from 511 in 2020-21 to 486 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 51.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 27.0:1.
Community posts for Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
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- Metcalfe Elementary0.2 mi · 296
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Frequently asked questions
About Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street CampusWhat is the total enrollment at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus serve?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus have?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus?
At Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus, the student body is approximately 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.