La Casa de Esperanza Charter School

La Casa de Esperanza Charter School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Waukesha, Wisconsin, overseen by La Casa De Esperanza Inc. Current enrollment sits at 310 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Operationally, La Casa de Esperanza Charter School answers to La Casa De Esperanza Inc, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, La Casa de Esperanza Charter School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 22% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting La Casa de Esperanza Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, La Casa de Esperanza Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Waukesha County) logs that median household earnings sit near $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which La Casa de Esperanza Charter School is one.

White Rock School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Casa de Esperanza Charter School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. La Casa de Esperanza Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. La Casa de Esperanza Charter School's enrollment has increased 112% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 310). Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the La Casa de Esperanza Charter School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.