Neeskara Elementary

Neeskara Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by Milwaukee School District, serveing 356 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Neeskara Elementary lists that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Neeskara Elementary logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at Neeskara Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Neeskara Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.3%.

Around the school, Milwaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Neeskara Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Hi-Mount Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Neeskara Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Neeskara Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 6% to 1% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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