Wauwatosa STEM

Wauwatosa STEM operates as a very small elementary school in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, run under Wauwatosa School District. Current enrollment sits at 127 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 61% smaller than typical.

Within Wauwatosa School District, which oversees 17 schools and 6,704 students, Wauwatosa STEM is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wauwatosa STEM lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, Wauwatosa STEM shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 31.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Wauwatosa STEM ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 75.7%; Wauwatosa STEM posts 93.3%, +17.5 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Wauwatosa STEM is one.

Wilson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wauwatosa STEM at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 62.8%.

Wauwatosa STEM operates from a suburban location. Wauwatosa STEM is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 135 students in 2018 compared to 127 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 31.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.