U S Grant School

U S Grant School, a roomy elementary campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, overseen by Milwaukee School District, serves 585 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 81% above the state mean of about 323.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, U S Grant School lists that 48% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, U S Grant School lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% 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 north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, U S Grant School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.5%, the actual is 22.1%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Milwaukee County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. U S Grant School is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Lad Lake Synergy School 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, U S Grant School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at U S Grant School has fell 13%, going from 670 students in 2018 to 585 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 14% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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