South Milwaukee High

As a substantial senior high in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, South Milwaukee High works with 920 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by South Milwaukee School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so South Milwaukee High sits 94% bigger than that benchmark.

South Milwaukee School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,686 students. South Milwaukee High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, South Milwaukee High shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting South Milwaukee High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Milwaukee High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.0%; South Milwaukee High posts 26.1%, -22.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $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%. South Milwaukee High is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

South Milwaukee Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Milwaukee High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. South Milwaukee High's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,150 (now 920). The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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