Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy

Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, run under Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 274 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District (65,835 students total), Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%); the rest breaks down as 6% 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, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.4%, the actual is 8.8%, a residual of -10.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Milwaukee County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marshall High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 17.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy has declined 32%, going from 405 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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