ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes

ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is a heavily attended elementary-level community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, overseen by Milwaukee School District. The school teaches 593 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 84% above the state mean of about 323.

Within Milwaukee School District, which oversees 155 schools and 65,835 students, ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Milwaukee County) records that median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 20.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 20%: 494 students in 2018 compared to 593 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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