Stuart Elementary

Stuart Elementary is a primary school of mid-tier scale in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by Milwaukee School District, instructing 322 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Stuart Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stuart Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.2%; this one delivers 27.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Milwaukee County shows 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%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Stuart Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Darrell Lynn Hines Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stuart Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stuart Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 12.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Stuart Elementary's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 308 (now 322). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 4% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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