Wedgewood Park School

Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wedgewood Park School is a reasonably sized intermediate school, operated by Milwaukee School District. It teaches 541 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 381.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Wedgewood Park School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Wedgewood Park School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 32% Black, 10% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wedgewood Park School shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at Wedgewood Park School qualify 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.

With demographic context factored in, Wedgewood Park School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household earnings sit near $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. Wedgewood Park School is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Honey Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wedgewood Park School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

Wedgewood Park School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wedgewood Park School's enrollment has declined 41% since 2018, when it stood at 912 (now 541). Black enrollment moved from 19% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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