Algoma Venture Academy

Algoma Venture Academy operates as a very small senior high in Algoma, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Algoma School District. Current enrollment sits at 35 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Algoma Venture Academy sits 93% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Algoma School District (623 students total), Algoma Venture Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Algoma Venture Academy logs that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kewaunee County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Algoma Venture Academy has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kewaunee County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Algoma Venture Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 38.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kewaunee County put the typical household earns roughly $82,725 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Kewaunee County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,505 students), Algoma Venture Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Algoma High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Algoma Venture Academy comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. Algoma Venture Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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