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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960003371
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes
1712 S 32nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · (414) 902-7525 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
516 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 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 17% larger than its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
2%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
29.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
21.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 23.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes this school | 593 | 87.0% | 29.7% |
| La Causa Charter School Milwaukee | 558 | 87.1% | 18.3% |
| Hayes Bilingual School Milwaukee | 670 | 86.0% | 17.4% |
| Greenfield Bilingual Milwaukee | 556 | 85.6% | 22.0% |
| Rogers Street Academy Milwaukee | 570 | 93.0% | 19.5% |
| Arcadia Elementary Arcadia | 531 | 82.7% | 31.6% |
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 ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #844 of 982 | #80 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #883 of 992 ▼ 6 | #95 of 174 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #837 of 992 ▲ 1 | #80 of 174 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #66 of 1,157 | #19 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #724 of 901 | #74 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.0% | #901 of 901 | #158 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #79 of 1,064 | #68 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.0% | #54 of 240 | #3 of 33 |
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
593
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+88% since 2010-11, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 593 | 38.5 | 15.4:1 | 87% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 32.8 | 18.9:1 | 89% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 28.5 | 20.9:1 | 89% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 94% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 90% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 22 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 14 | 22.5:1 | 97% (305) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (494 to 593); teachers up 33% (29 to 38.5).
About ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes
Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 593 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students.
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is one of 155 schools in Milwaukee School District, which enrolls 65,835 students in total.
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes enrolls a student body that is 99% Hispanic. Census figures show Milwaukee County is about 17% Hispanic. ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes has a diversity index of 2%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have a similar average ratio of 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 87%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes's results are 5.4 points above predicted: 29.7% against 24.3%.
Federal survey data for Milwaukee County show that median household income is about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is among the 284 public schools in Milwaukee County.
Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 29.7% is above the 20.0% average for nearby schools.
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. NCES lists ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes as a charter school.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 565 to 593. The ratio was 18.2:1 in 2020-21 and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas ArtesHow large is ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes?
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-08.
Is ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes an elementary, middle, or high school?
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes have?
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes?
Student demographics at ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes?
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes 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.