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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002860
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street
1228 W Lloyd St, Milwaukee, WI 53205 · (414) 264-6000 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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
25.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
446 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 | 51 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
12%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
28.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 43.3% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 -- Lloyd Street
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street this school | 492 | 90.7% | 32.9% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street Milwaukee | 474 | 87.8% | 26.4% |
| Congress Elementary Milwaukee | 607 | 89.3% | 11.9% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus Milwaukee | 496 | 84.5% | 34.9% |
| Grantosa Drive Elementary Milwaukee | 506 | 91.7% | 10.8% |
| Carson Academy Milwaukee | 326 | 94.5% | 8.4% |
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 -- Lloyd Street ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #820 of 982 | #74 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #816 of 992 ▼ 107 | #75 of 174 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #849 of 992 ▼ 12 | #84 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #161 of 1,157 | #36 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.9:1 | #889 of 901 | #154 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.6% | #873 of 901 | #152 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #54 of 1,064 | #49 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #643 of 664 | #129 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
492
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
25.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 492 | 19 | 25.9:1 | 91% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 5 | 95.4:1 | 86% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 5 | 98.0:1 | 88% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 91% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 41 | 12.2:1 | 86% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 16 | 31.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (498 to 492); teachers down 54% (41 to 19).
About Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is home to Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street, a large elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 492 students. The school is 52% larger than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee School District oversees Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street and 154 other schools, with 65,835 students in total.
Roughly 94% of students at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street are Black. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Milwaukee County, the Black share is about 26%. The diversity index for Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 25.9:1. The school has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Federal data show 91% of students (446) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Test results at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street are 10.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.9% actual, 22.0% predicted).
For the population of Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is about 0.2 miles from Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 32.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. As a charter school, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 13 students, from 505 to 492. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.0:1 to 25.9:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus0.2 mi · 496
- Grant Gordon Learning Center0.3 mi · 1
- Elm Creative Arts Elementary0.4 mi · 335
- Alliance School of Milwaukee0.4 mi · 141
- Shalom High0.4 mi · 101
- Roosevelt Middle0.5 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd StreetWhat is the total enrollment at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street serve?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street is approximately 25.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street?
At Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street, the student body is approximately 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street 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.