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What do students at Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960003006
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus
1350 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53205 · (414) 264-6600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- B+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
24.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
419 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 | 50 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (51).
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
33.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.4% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 33.2% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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: Lola Rowe North Campus
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus this school | 496 | 84.5% | 34.9% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street Milwaukee | 474 | 87.8% | 26.4% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus Milwaukee | 486 | 80.0% | 40.2% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street Milwaukee | 492 | 90.7% | 32.9% |
| Congress Elementary Milwaukee | 607 | 89.3% | 11.9% |
| Grantosa Drive Elementary Milwaukee | 506 | 91.7% | 10.8% |
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: Lola Rowe North Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #805 of 982 | #70 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #739 of 992 ▲ 73 | #60 of 174 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #803 of 992 ▼ 28 | #74 of 174 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #158 of 1,157 | #34 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #885 of 901 | #153 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #812 of 901 | #143 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #93 of 1,064 | #77 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #653 of 664 | #131 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
496
-2 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 38.3:1
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 | 496 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 84% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 4 | 127.3:1 | 82% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 1 | 512.0:1 | 87% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 13 | 38.3:1 | 88% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 1 | 500.0:1 | 98% (490) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (500 to 496); teachers up 1900% (1 to 20).
About Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is a large elementary school in Milwaukee School District, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 496 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Across its 155 schools, Milwaukee School District enrolls 65,835 students. Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is 91% Black. Other groups include 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 26% Black. Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus's diversity index is 17%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.8:1 at Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 10.1 above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 84%. Among public schools in Milwaukee County, the average eligibility rate is 64%.
allk12 grades Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus a C+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Wisconsin, Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.9% actual against a predicted 25.8%.
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is located in Milwaukee County, where the median household income is $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus, Milwaukee County has 283 other public schools.
The closest public school to Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street, about 0.2 miles away. Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus ranks 1st on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 498 in 2020-21 and 496 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (24.8:1) than in 2020-21 (38.3:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street0.2 mi · 492
- Grant Gordon Learning Center0.3 mi · 1
- North Division High0.5 mi · 346
- Brown Street Academy0.5 mi · 245
- Shalom High0.5 mi · 101
- Elm Creative Arts Elementary0.6 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North CampusHow many students attend Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus enrolls approximately 496 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus serve?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus have?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus?
Student demographics at Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus are roughly 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus public or private?
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.