Mitchell Elementary

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mitchell Elementary is a sprawling primary school, operated by Milwaukee School District. It educates 597 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 85% bigger than the state mean of about 323.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Mitchell Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Mitchell Elementary reports that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 12% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Mitchell Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.8%; this one delivers 9.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $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%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Mitchell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rogers Street Academy, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mitchell Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.6%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Mitchell Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 597). Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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