Milwaukee School of Languages

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee School of Languages is a large high school, part of Milwaukee School District. It educates 964 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 103% bigger than the state mean of about 475.

Within Milwaukee School District, which oversees 155 schools and 65,835 students, Milwaukee School of Languages is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Milwaukee School of Languages lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Milwaukee School of Languages sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.5%; actual is 29.6%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Milwaukee School of Languages is one.

Nearest neighbor: Eighty-First Street Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Milwaukee School of Languages comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

Milwaukee School of Languages operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 1,174 students in 2018 compared to 964 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 14% to 24%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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