Next Door Charter

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Next Door Charter is a very small primary school, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. It educates 120 students across grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 63% leaner than the state mean of about 323.

Milwaukee School District comprises 155 schools with combined enrollment of 65,835 students; Next Door Charter is among them.

Demographically, Next Door Charter lists that nearly all students (96%) are Black. The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Next Door Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clarke Street Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, Next Door Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Next Door Charter has edged down 61%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 120 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 43.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.