Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies

As a cozy elementary-level community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies instructs 228 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under Milwaukee School District. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 323.

Within Milwaukee School District, which oversees 155 schools and 65,835 students, Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 27% Black, 19% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 30.4%, a residual of +3.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Milwaukee County reports that median household income runs about $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fernwood Montessori, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 228). Over the same period, the White share fell from 27% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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