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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001239
Academy of Accelerated Learning
3727 S 78th St, Milwaukee, WI 53220 · (414) 604-7300 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
380 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 45.8% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy of Accelerated Learning
Academy of Accelerated Learning's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Accelerated Learning this school | 493 | 77.1% | 45.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary Manitowoc | 344 | 73.0% | 26.3% |
| Kennedy Elementary Green Bay | 402 | 70.6% | 31.6% |
| Manitoba Elementary Milwaukee | 469 | 83.2% | 16.4% |
| Early Learning Center Sheboygan | 521 | 70.2% | N/A |
| Whitman Elementary Milwaukee | 339 | 71.4% | 32.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy of Accelerated Learning ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #693 of 982 | #54 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #735 of 992 ▼ 55 | #58 of 174 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #622 of 992 ▲ 48 | #54 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #160 of 1,157 | #35 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #825 of 901 | #116 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #9 of 901 | #1 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #138 of 1,064 | #94 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #198 of 664 | #45 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
493
-102 (-17%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 493 | 28.6 | 17.2:1 | 77% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 30.5 | 17.7:1 | 76% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 28.7 | 19.6:1 | 72% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 77% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 18.3 | 34.1:1 | 69% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 29 | 22.1:1 | 67% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 63% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 69% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy of Accelerated Learning.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (625 to 493); teachers up 56% (18.3 to 28.6).
About Academy of Accelerated Learning
Among the schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is Academy of Accelerated Learning, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school's 493 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
The Milwaukee School District system has 155 schools and 65,835 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Academy of Accelerated Learning, 33% of enrollment. Next come 23% White, 17% Asian, 15% Black, and 12% multiracial. That compares with about 17% Hispanic among all Milwaukee County residents. By the diversity index, Academy of Accelerated Learning comes in at 77%.
Academy of Accelerated Learning's 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 77%. The 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 13 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Academy of Accelerated Learning is B-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Academy of Accelerated Learning posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Wisconsin are predicted to post 30.4%, so the school is 14.9 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Census estimates describe Milwaukee County this way: median household income is about $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,496.
The closest public school to Academy of Accelerated Learning is Honey Creek Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Academy of Accelerated Learning, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Academy of Accelerated Learning ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 17%, from 595 to 493. The school's ratio fell from 18.6:1 to 17.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other Academy of Accelerated Learning schools
One other US public school is named Academy of Accelerated Learning. Academy of Accelerated Learning is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Academy of Accelerated LearningHOUSTON, TX · 738 students
Nearby schools
- Honey Creek Elementary0.7 mi · 393
- Wedgewood Park School0.8 mi · 541
- Maple Grove Elementary1.0 mi · 427
- Hamilton High1.0 mi · 1,472
- Alcott Elementary1.2 mi · 264
- Fairview Elementary1.3 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Academy of Accelerated LearningHow large is Academy of Accelerated Learning?
Academy of Accelerated Learning enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Academy of Accelerated Learning serve?
Academy of Accelerated Learning serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Academy of Accelerated Learning have?
Academy of Accelerated Learning employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Academy of Accelerated Learning?
At Academy of Accelerated Learning, the student body is approximately 23% White, 33% Hispanic, 15% Black, 17% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Academy of Accelerated Learning?
Academy of Accelerated Learning is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.