Green Tree Preparatory Academy

Green Tree Preparatory Academy is a reasonably sized senior high in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, run under Milwaukee School District. The school hosts 535 students in grades 6 through 12.

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

Demographically, Green Tree Preparatory Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%); the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Green Tree Preparatory Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Green Tree Preparatory Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Green Tree Preparatory Academy is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.1%; Green Tree Preparatory Academy posts 8.0%, -17.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, 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%. Green Tree Preparatory Academy is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Barton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Green Tree Preparatory Academy. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Green Tree Preparatory Academy ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 17.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Green Tree Preparatory Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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