DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility

DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility is a secondary school of very small scale in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Wisconsin Department of Corrections, enrolling 4 students in grade 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility sits 99% smaller than that benchmark.

Wisconsin Department of Corrections comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 159 students; DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility logs that nearly all students (100%) are Black. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 2.0:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Milwaukee County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility has expanded 33%, going from 3 students in 2018 to 4 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 33% to 100% across the same window.

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