Lowest Student–Teacher Ratio in Milwaukee (2025)

Schools with the fewest students per FTE teacher, among schools with at least 100 students. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rank positions shown on each profile are within United States and Wisconsin.

#	School	Sector	Students per teacher	Success Index (US)	Key result	Students
1	Sherman Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	9.2	15.3 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	147
2	Bayside Middle Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	10.6	89.1 Top 5%	63% Math proficiency	340
3	King International Baccalaureate Middle Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	10.6	14.6 Lower 50%	4% Math proficiency	159
4	United Community Center Acosta Middle School Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 6–8	Charter	11.1	31.7 Lower 50%	32% Math proficiency	188
5	Clarke Street Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	11.1	13.9 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	167
6	Stellar Collegiate Charter School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Charter	11.2	23.2 Lower 50%	30% Math proficiency	190
7	Zablocki Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	11.4	19.0 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	250
8	Forest Home Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	11.4	18.7 Lower 50%	14% Math proficiency	559
9	Bryant Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	11.8	17.7 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	212
10	Allen-Field Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	11.9	18.0 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	451
11	Gaenslen Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	11.9	17.4 Lower 50%	4% Math proficiency	641
12	Escuela Verde Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Charter	12.1	17.0 Lower 50%	10% Math proficiency	121
13	Jackson Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	12.1	12.8 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	206
14	Carmen Middle School South Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 6–8	Charter	12.7	25.8 Lower 50%	100% Free/reduced-price lunch	191
15	Stormonth Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–4	Public	12.8	87.1 Top 5%	72% Math proficiency	473
16	North Division High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	12.8	14.4 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	346
17	Clement Avenue Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	13.2	28.8 Lower 50%	26% Math proficiency	238
18	Highland Community School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	13.3	39.8 Lower 50%	22% Math proficiency	387
19	Emerson Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	13.4	15.2 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	187
20	Downtown Montessori Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	13.6	70.3 Top 25%	62% Math proficiency	218
21	Holmes Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	13.7	11.3 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	260
22	Bruce Guadalupe Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	13.8	45.4 Lower 50%	72.9% Free/reduced-price lunch	1,364
23	Lowell International Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	13.9	23.1 Lower 50%	27% Math proficiency	209
24	South Division High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	14.0	13.8 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	923
25	Alliance School of Milwaukee Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Charter	14.1	13.6 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	141
26	Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	14.3	20.1 Lower 50%	22% Math proficiency	228
27	Engleburg Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	14.3	16.1 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	286
28	Audubon Technology and Communication Middle Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	14.4	14.1 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	345
29	Brown Street Academy Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	14.4	10.9 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	245
30	Marshall High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	14.5	13.8 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	639
31	Wedgewood Park School Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	14.6	25.1 Lower 50%	26% Math proficiency	541
32	Mitchell Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	14.6	11.5 Lower 50%	7% Math proficiency	597
33	Clemens Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	14.6	11.4 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	321
34	Hamilton High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	14.9	13.4 Lower 50%	0.5% Math proficiency	1,472
35	Andrew S Douglas Middle Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	15.1	29.2 Lower 50%	88.7% Free/reduced-price lunch	106
36	La Causa Charter School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	15.1	14.8 Lower 50%	14% Math proficiency	558
37	James Madison Academic Campus Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.1	12.0 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	468
38	Kluge Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	15.1	10.7 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	301
39	Lincoln Avenue Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	15.3	12.0 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	427
40	Harold S Vincent School of Agricultural Science Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.3	10.3 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	611
41	Thoreau Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	15.3	9.7 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	353
42	King Jr Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	15.4	10.9 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	277
43	Alcott Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	15.5	20.9 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	264
44	Milwaukee High School of the Arts Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	15.5	13.9 Lower 50%	2% Math proficiency	959
45	Neeskara Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	15.5	13.2 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	356
46	ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	15.6	20.9 Lower 50%	32% Math proficiency	593
47	Hayes Bilingual School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	15.6	13.3 Lower 50%	10% Math proficiency	670
48	Goodrich Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	15.6	10.4 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	312
49	Keefe Avenue Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	15.6	9.5 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	125
50	Rogers Street Academy Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	15.8	11.4 Lower 50%	14% Math proficiency	570
51	Siefert Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	15.8	10.3 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	174
52	Woodlands School - State Street Campus Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	15.9	76.8 Top 25%	9.1% Free/reduced-price lunch	175
53	Greenfield Bilingual Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	15.9	14.2 Lower 50%	14% Math proficiency	556
54	Westside Academy Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	15.9	9.1 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	159
55	Hartford Avenue Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.0	9.8 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	256
56	Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.0	9.4 Lower 50%	2% Math proficiency	384
57	Whitman Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.1	26.0 Lower 50%	29% Math proficiency	339
58	Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.1	10.5 Lower 50%	11% Math proficiency	499
59	Fifty-Third Street Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.2	10.0 Lower 50%	3% Math proficiency	308
60	Carver Academy Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.2	8.8 Lower 50%	7% Math proficiency	324
61	Hawthorne Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	16.2	8.4 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	259
62	Milwaukee School of Languages Milwaukee · High · Grades 6–12	Public	16.3	27.2 Lower 50%	19% Math proficiency	964
63	Riverwest Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	16.3	11.3 Lower 50%	7.5% Math proficiency	244
64	Lincoln Middle Milwaukee · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	16.3	9.1 Lower 50%	3% Math proficiency	309
65	Carson Academy Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.3	8.3 Lower 50%	2% Math proficiency	326
66	Congress Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.4	10.1 Lower 50%	7% Math proficiency	607
67	Browning Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	16.4	9.4 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	279
68	Metcalfe Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.4	8.7 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	296
69	Pathways High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Charter	16.6	37.0 Lower 50%	24.5% Math proficiency	149
70	Vieau Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.6	18.8 Lower 50%	20% Math proficiency	713
71	Hawley Environmental School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	16.6	14.4 Lower 50%	22% Math proficiency	299
72	Barton Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	16.6	12.4 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	283
73	Bradley Technology High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.6	9.7 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	1,048
74	Story Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.6	7.8 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	365
75	Burbank Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.7	14.5 Lower 50%	18% Math proficiency	552
76	Milwaukee Parkside School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	16.8	18.4 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	859
77	Parkview Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	16.8	13.0 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	335
78	Audubon Technology and Communication High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.8	11.4 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	436
79	WHS Information Technology Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	16.8	10.1 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	402
80	Stuart Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	16.9	13.3 Lower 50%	12% Math proficiency	322
81	Barbee Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–7	Public	17.0	10.4 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	289
82	Riley Dual Language Montessori School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–6	Public	17.1	17.9 Lower 50%	5% Math proficiency	239
83	Townsend Street Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	17.1	8.0 Lower 50%	2% Math proficiency	257
84	Kagel Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	17.2	11.7 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	292
85	Milwaukee Math and Science Academy Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	17.2	11.5 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	241
86	Seeds of Health Elementary Program Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	17.3	17.7 Lower 50%	30% Math proficiency	380
87	Bay View High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	17.3	9.9 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	1,021
88	Woodlands School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	17.4	55.3 Top 50%	41% Math proficiency	313
89	Rocketship Southside Community Prep Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Charter	17.4	34.8 Lower 50%	32% Math proficiency	418
90	Manitoba Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	17.4	11.3 Lower 50%	8% Math proficiency	469
91	Ideal Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Charter	17.5	15.2 Lower 50%	23% Math proficiency	210
92	Victory Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	17.5	10.8 Lower 50%	15% Math proficiency	419
93	Academy of Accelerated Learning Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	17.6	33.1 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	493
94	Elm Creative Arts Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	17.6	6.9 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	335
95	Fairview Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	17.7	24.6 Lower 50%	29% Math proficiency	603
96	Curtin Elementary Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	17.7	15.7 Lower 50%	20% Math proficiency	301
97	Riverside High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	17.7	11.4 Lower 50%	3% Math proficiency	1,240
98	U S Grant School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–8	Public	17.7	9.8 Lower 50%	17% Math proficiency	585
99	Pulaski High Milwaukee · High · Grades 9–12	Public	17.9	10.6 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	1,041
100	Hopkins Lloyd Community School Milwaukee · Elementary · Grades PK–5	Public	17.9	7.8 Lower 50%	2.5% Math proficiency	143

Sherman Elementary in Milwaukee leads the 2025 list of lowest student–teacher ratio in Milwaukee with Students per teacher 9.2. Of the 100 schools shown, 83 are public, 17 are charter.

For the full picture see the wider Wisconsin lowest student–teacher ratio rankings, every school on the Milwaukee page, or the comparison tool to put a shortlist side by side.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best ratio school in Milwaukee?

Sherman Elementary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ranks first among lowest student–teacher ratio in Milwaukee with Students per teacher 9.2 (Enrollment: 147).

How are lowest student–teacher ratio in Milwaukee ranked?

Schools with the fewest students per FTE teacher, among schools with at least 100 students. Only schools eligible for the Success Index (US) are included; the index is shown alongside for context.

Are these 2025 rankings official?

No. They are computed by Success Tutoring from official American data (Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES CCD, EDFacts); NCES Common Core of Data). States set their own assessments and proficiency cut scores, so proficiency rates are most comparable within a state. Use the state rankings for like-for-like comparisons.