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Enrollment
1,294
Combined
DISTRICT 1,114 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002993
Obama School of Career and Technical Education
5075 N Sherman Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53209 · (414) 393-4900 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,294 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
30.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 25.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
1,087 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 2% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 2% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 2% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 2% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 3% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 3% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 4% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 5% |
| Grade 9 | 293 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 247 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 204 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 198 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 62% smaller than its 8th grade class (69).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
6.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
6.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 6.3% | 6.4% |
| 2023-24 | 4.7% | 3.2% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Obama School of Career and Technical Education
Obama School of Career and Technical Education's state test result (4.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obama School of Career and Technical Education this school | 1,294 | 84.0% | 4.7% |
| MacDowell Montessori School K3-12 Milwaukee | 823 | 55.7% | 34.9% |
| Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning Milwaukee | 286 | 93.4% | 7.0% |
| Golda Meir School Milwaukee | 1,192 | 47.4% | 56.5% |
| Oneida Nation School Oneida | 457 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School Hayward | 389 | 99.2% | N/A |
Matched among Wisconsin K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Obama School of Career and Technical Education ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,294 | #1 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 30.1:1 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,294
+655 (+103%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
30.1:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,294 | 43 | 30.1:1 | 84% (1,087) |
| 2023-24 | 1,226 | 36.3 | 33.8:1 | 89% (1,092) |
| 2022-23 | 1,402 | 47.5 | 29.5:1 | 88% (1,229) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 95% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 48.2 | 15.2:1 | 88% (642) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 85% (582) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Obama School of Career and Technical Education.
Since 2017-18: students up 77% (730 to 1,294); teachers down 11% (48.2 to 43).
About Obama School of Career and Technical Education
Obama School of Career and Technical Education is the name of a large school serving multiple grade levels in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It enrolls 1,294 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 12. That is 376% above the average of about 272 students for combined schools in Wisconsin.
Obama School of Career and Technical Education belongs to Milwaukee School District, a district of 155 schools and 65,835 students.
At Obama School of Career and Technical Education, 77% of students are Black. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Milwaukee County is about 26% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
Its staff includes 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 30.1 students per teacher. Compared with the 25.6:1 average for combined schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 84% of students at Obama School of Career and Technical Education can receive free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 26.1%. Obama School of Career and Technical Education posts 4.7%, 21.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Milwaukee County show that the median household earns about $64,435 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Hampton Elementary, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Obama School of Career and Technical Education is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 639 to 1,294. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.0:1 to 30.1:1.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Obama School of Career and Technical EducationWhat is the total enrollment at Obama School of Career and Technical Education?
Obama School of Career and Technical Education enrolls approximately 1,294 students in grades PK-12.
Is Obama School of Career and Technical Education an elementary, middle, or high school?
Obama School of Career and Technical Education is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Obama School of Career and Technical Education have?
Obama School of Career and Technical Education employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 30.1:1.
How diverse is Obama School of Career and Technical Education?
Obama School of Career and Technical Education reports a student body of 4% White, 14% Hispanic, 77% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Obama School of Career and Technical Education public or private?
Obama School of Career and Technical Education is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.