Nathan Hale High

Nathan Hale High, a high-enrollment high school in West Allis, Wisconsin, one of the schools within West Allis-West Milwaukee School District, instructs 1,134 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 139% larger than typical.

West Allis-West Milwaukee School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,619 students; Nathan Hale High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Nathan Hale High records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Milwaukee County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Nathan Hale High has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Nathan Hale High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nathan Hale High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 28.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Nathan Hale High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Irving Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nathan Hale High. On composite proficiency, Nathan Hale High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 1,467 students in 2018 compared to 1,134 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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