One City Preparatory Academy

Located at 1707 W Broadway, in Monona, Wisconsin, One City Preparatory Academy is a very small 6-8 campus that educates 99 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within One City Schools Inc. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 381.

One City Preparatory Academy is one of 2 schools operated by One City Schools Inc, a district that instructs 427 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, One City Preparatory Academy lists that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 5% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, One City Preparatory Academy has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, One City Preparatory Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.0%, the actual is 23.2%, a residual of -9.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dane County put the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which One City Preparatory Academy is one.

One City Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), One City Preparatory Academy ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. As a public charter, One City Preparatory Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for One City Preparatory Academy typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.