Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street

Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street is an elementary school of large scale in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District, works with 492 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 52% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within Milwaukee School District, which oversees 155 schools and 65,835 students, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street reports that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 91% 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.0%; this one delivers 32.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 15.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 498 (now 492). Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 25.9:1 in 2025.

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