Pulaski High

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pulaski High is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus, overseen by Milwaukee School District. It hosts 1,041 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 119% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Pulaski High is one of 155 schools operated by Milwaukee School District, a district that hosts 65,835 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Pulaski High lists that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 32% Black, 11% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Pulaski High higher than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pulaski High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.4%; this one comes in at 2.6%, -27.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pulaski High is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Carmen Hi Southeast Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pulaski High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 20.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 966 students in 2018 compared to 1,041 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 41% to 50%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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