Zablocki Elementary

As a compact primary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Zablocki Elementary serves 250 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Milwaukee School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Zablocki Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 23% Asian, 12% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Zablocki Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 22.3%.

In the surrounding community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Zablocki Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is Grandview High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zablocki Elementary. On composite proficiency, Zablocki Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Zablocki Elementary's enrollment has shrank 35% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 250). Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 7% to 23%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Zablocki Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.