Pratt Elementary

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pratt Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. It hosts 288 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Pratt Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pratt Elementary logs that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Pratt Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Pratt Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Pratt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Milwaukee Excellence Charter School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pratt Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 21.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Pratt Elementary's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 288).

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