Alliance School of Milwaukee

Located at 850 W Walnut St, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alliance School of Milwaukee is an one-room-style senior high that teaches 141 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Alliance School of Milwaukee is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alliance School of Milwaukee records that Black students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Alliance School of Milwaukee has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Alliance School of Milwaukee tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Alliance School of Milwaukee performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.9%, the actual is 15.8%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Alliance School of Milwaukee is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Elm Creative Arts Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alliance School of Milwaukee at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 24.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Alliance School of Milwaukee runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alliance School of Milwaukee has ticked down 31%, going from 203 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 59% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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