Enrollment
99
Middle
DISTRICT 214 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC·NCES 550008303385
One City Preparatory Academy
1707 W Broadway, Monona, WI 53713 · (608) 531-2128 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL99 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
72 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 35 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 26% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
26.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
15.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 18.0% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like One City Preparatory Academy
One City Preparatory Academy's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| One City Preparatory Academy this school | 99 | 72.7% | 23.2% |
| Andrew S Douglas Middle Milwaukee | 106 | 88.7% | 6.5% |
| King International Baccalaureate Middle Milwaukee | 159 | 91.2% | 5.3% |
| Roosevelt Middle Milwaukee | 270 | 95.2% | 11.5% |
| Lincoln Middle Milwaukee | 309 | 93.2% | 9.9% |
| Morse Mid Milwaukee | 383 | 79.6% | 13.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where One City Preparatory Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 99 | #328 of 389 | #34 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 99 | 10.8 | 9.2:1 | 73% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 53 | 11.3 | 4.7:1 | 28% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 8 | 17.3:1 | 16% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for One City Preparatory Academy.
About One City Preparatory Academy
One City Preparatory Academy is a very small middle-grades school located in Monona, Wisconsin. Enrollment totals 99 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 74% below the 381-student average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
One City Schools Inc is the local district for One City Preparatory Academy. It runs 2 schools with 427 students.
The student body at One City Preparatory Academy is 78% Black. The rest of enrollment is 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 2% White. Among all residents of Dane County, the Black share is about 5%. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at One City Preparatory Academy are from different groups.
For every teacher at One City Preparatory Academy, there are about 9.2 students; the school has 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin, 12.8:1, is higher. There are 72 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 73% of enrollment. Among public schools in Dane County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
One City Preparatory Academy holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
One City Preparatory Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.2% and a predicted 33.0%.
Dane County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $89,975 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Dane County number 169, with about 78,525 students.
One City Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from One City Preparatory Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, One City Preparatory Academy is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns One City Preparatory Academy the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. One City Preparatory Academy is a public charter school.
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Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in One City Schools Inc
- One City Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Other schools in Monona
- Monona Grove HighHigh · 1,170 students
- Winnequah SchoolElementary · 602 students
- One City Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Nuestro MundoElementary · 311 students
- Monona Grove Liberal ArtsHigh · 93 students
Nearby schools
- One City Elementary School0.0 mi · 328
- Nuestro Mundo1.1 mi · 311
- Winnequah School1.3 mi · 602
- Monona Grove Liberal Arts1.3 mi · 93
- Sennett Middle1.6 mi · 570
- LaFollette High1.7 mi · 1,541
Frequently asked questions
About One City Preparatory AcademyHow large is One City Preparatory Academy?
One City Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 99 students in grades 06-08.
Is One City Preparatory Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
One City Preparatory Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does One City Preparatory Academy have?
One City Preparatory Academy employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
How diverse is One City Preparatory Academy?
One City Preparatory Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 8% Hispanic, 78% Black, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees One City Preparatory Academy?
One City Preparatory Academy is overseen by One City Schools Inc in Dane County.
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