Escuela Verde

As a tiny four-year high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Escuela Verde works with 121 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Trans Center for Youth Inc. That puts it 75% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Operationally, Escuela Verde answers to Trans Center for Youth Inc, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Escuela Verde shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Other groups include 10% Black, 7% White. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Escuela Verde has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Escuela Verde sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.5%; this one delivers 14.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Escuela Verde is one.

Doerfler Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Escuela Verde comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Escuela Verde 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. Escuela Verde's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 120 (now 121). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Escuela Verde community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.