Milwaukee Academy of Science

Located at 2000 W Kilbourn Ave, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Academy of Science is a heavily attended multi-level school that serves 1,711 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 529% above typical.

Milwaukee Academy of Science is a school of Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Milwaukee Academy of Science shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%); the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 25.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Milwaukee Academy of Science qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Milwaukee Academy of Science tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.0%.

Around the school, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Milwaukee Academy of Science is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Milwaukee High School of the Arts, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Milwaukee Academy of Science comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.4%.

Milwaukee Academy of Science operates from an urban location. Milwaukee Academy of Science is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Milwaukee Academy of Science's enrollment has rose 61% since 2018, when it stood at 1,064 (now 1,711).

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