Cudahy (Wisconsin) district prepares to close 2 elementary schools after 2025-26

Kosciuszko and J.E. Jones elementary schools are set to shut down next spring.

Aug. 26, 2025

Highlights

Kosciuszko and J.E. Jones elementary schools will close after the 2025-26 school year as part of the restructuring plan.
The district aims to better use resources and improve learning environments.
The school board's decision reflects a broader trend of adjusting district infrastructure to meet changing enrollment patterns.

Kosciuszko Elementary in Cudahy Wisconsin — Kosciuszko Elementary is one of two schools in the Cudahy district that is set to close at the end of the 2025-26 school year.

The Cudahy (Wisconsin) district is beginning to plan for two fewer elementary schools in 2026-27.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Cudahy School Board has approved a plan that will move students in grades K to 4 into the district's two largest elementary school buildings — General Mitchell and Lincoln Elementary Schools. Fifth- and sixth-grade students would be relocated to Cudahy Middle School in 2026-27.

Kosciuszko and J.E. Jones elementary schools are set to shut down at the end of the 2025-26 school year.

The district has declining enrollment and extra space districtwide, a superintendent's advisory committee says. Student numbers have fallen from 2,183 students in 2020-21 to 1,985 students in 2024-25, according to state data.

The district's existing school buildings are plagued by aging, failing and inefficient infrastructure and outdated learning environments, the advisory committee says.

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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.