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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKETSHIP EDUCATION WISCONSIN INC·NCES 550008102969
Rocketship Southside Community Prep
3003 W Cleveland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · (414) 455-3539 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
137 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 61% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
26.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
41.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 34.4% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% 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 Rocketship Southside Community Prep
Rocketship Southside Community Prep's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocketship Southside Community Prep this school | 418 | 32.8% | 29.1% |
| Nuestro Mundo Monona | 311 | 40.8% | 49.5% |
| Riley Dual Language Montessori School Milwaukee | 239 | 59.4% | 20.6% |
| Appleton Bilingual School Appleton | 139 | 39.6% | 43.7% |
| Fratney Elementary Milwaukee | 459 | 62.3% | 23.5% |
| Kenosha School of Language (KSOL) Kenosha | 330 | 68.2% | 34.6% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary 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 Rocketship Southside Community Prep ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #848 of 982 | #81 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #716 of 992 ▲ 80 | #55 of 174 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #861 of 992 ▲ 16 | #87 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #305 of 1,157 | #59 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #832 of 901 | #120 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #716 of 901 | #125 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.8% | #694 of 1,064 | #143 of 174 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
418
-85 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 418 | 24.1 | 17.4:1 | 33% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 22.1 | 18.0:1 | 54% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | 81% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 19 | 26.5:1 | 84% (422) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocketship Southside Community Prep.
About Rocketship Southside Community Prep
Rocketship Southside Community Prep is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It enrolled 418 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
Rocketship Education Wisconsin Inc has 731 students spread across 2 schools.
The large majority of students at Rocketship Southside Community Prep, 88%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 7% Black and 3% White. Among all residents of Milwaukee County, the Hispanic share is about 17%. By the diversity index, Rocketship Southside Community Prep comes in at 22%.
Its teaching staff equals 24.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 33%. That is 31 points below the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
The allk12 Grade for Rocketship Southside Community Prep is D. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rocketship Southside Community Prep is -28.4 points, in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.1%, and the predicted rate is 57.5%.
Milwaukee County has about 926,331 residents, and median household income is about $64,435, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Milwaukee County number 284 and enroll about 122,496.
The next-closest public school is Veritas High, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 18.3% on proficiency, and Rocketship Southside Community Prep is above that at 29.1%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The number of students declined from 503 to 418 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 26.5 in 2020-21 to 17.4 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Rocketship Southside Community Prep. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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Other schools in Rocketship Education Wisconsin Inc
- Rocketship Transformation PrepElementary · 313 students
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- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- Veritas High0.5 mi · 256
- Pulaski High0.5 mi · 1,041
- Carmen Hi Southeast Campus0.6 mi · 679
- Lad Lake Synergy School0.7 mi · 22
- U S Grant School0.7 mi · 585
- Manitoba Elementary0.8 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Rocketship Southside Community PrepHow many students attend Rocketship Southside Community Prep?
Rocketship Southside Community Prep enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rocketship Southside Community Prep serve?
Rocketship Southside Community Prep serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rocketship Southside Community Prep?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rocketship Southside Community Prep is approximately 17.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rocketship Southside Community Prep?
At Rocketship Southside Community Prep, the student body is approximately 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rocketship Southside Community Prep public or private?
Rocketship Southside Community Prep is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Rocketship Education Wisconsin Inc.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.