Obama School of Career and Technical Education

As a sprawling K-12 campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Obama School of Career and Technical Education educates 1,294 students from grades pre-K through 12, part of Milwaukee School District. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 376% above typical.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Obama School of Career and Technical Education accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Obama School of Career and Technical Education reports that Black students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Obama School of Career and Technical Education has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 30.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 25.6:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at Obama School of Career and Technical Education qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Obama School of Career and Technical Education is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 26.1%; Obama School of Career and Technical Education posts 4.7%, -21.4 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household income runs about $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Obama School of Career and Technical Education is one.

Hampton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Obama School of Career and Technical Education. On composite proficiency, Obama School of Career and Technical Education comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 14.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Obama School of Career and Technical Education's enrollment has expanded 77% since 2018, when it stood at 730 (now 1,294). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 93% to 77%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 30.1:1 in 2025.

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