Milwaukee South News

There were 2,783 students enrolled in South Milwaukee School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.6% of them were boys, and 49% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 55.8% of the South Milwaukee School District total enrollment.

South Milwaukee School District covers six schools within Milwaukee County, with its main office in South Milwaukee.

Among the six schools in the South Milwaukee School District, South Milwaukee High School recorded the highest enrollment of 979 students in the 2023-24 school year.

Nearly 830,000 students were enrolled in Wisconsin schools in the 2021-22 school year. This is a 0.85% decrease from the year before. In sharp contrast to declining public school figures, enrollment in charter schools rose 4.5% to more than 52,000.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 14 students in a Wisconsin classroom, compared to the national average of 1:16. AAA State of Play considered Wisconsin to have the 14th best teacher to student ratio in the U.S.

School	Total Enrollment
South Milwaukee High School	979
South Milwaukee Middle School	605
Rawson Elementary School	379
Blakewood Elementary School	326
Lakeview Elementary School	284
E. W. Luther Elementary School	210