Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning

Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning is a combined-grade school of medium-sized scale in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District, enrolling 286 students in grades pre-K through 12.

Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning is one of 155 schools operated by Milwaukee School District, a district that instructs 65,835 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning shows that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 25.6:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.4%; this one delivers 7.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning is one.

Nearest neighbor: DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning's enrollment has contracted 55% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 286). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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