South Division High

South Division High operates as a sizable four-year high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 923 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so South Division High sits 94% larger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, South Division High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% Asian, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at school resources, South Division High lists 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Division High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 26.3%; South Division High posts 4.9%, -21.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, Milwaukee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. South Division High is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Accelerated Academy, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South Division High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 19.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. South Division High's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,016 (now 923). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 48% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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