Transition High

Transition High operates as an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, run under Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 90 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% leaner than the state mean of about 475.

Within Milwaukee School District, which oversees 155 schools and 65,835 students, Transition High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Transition High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Transition High has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible 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 above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Transition High is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is Westside Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Transition High has declined 51%, going from 183 students in 2018 to 90 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 95% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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