Starms Early Childhood

Starms Early Childhood, an intimate primary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, overseen by Milwaukee School District, instructs 205 students, covering grades pre-K through K. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Starms Early Childhood sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Starms Early Childhood accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Starms Early Childhood logs that nearly all students (91%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Starms Early Childhood qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Starms Early Childhood is one campus in the mix.

Starms Discovery is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Starms Early Childhood operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 298 students in 2018 compared to 205 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Starms Early Childhood community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.