Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth

Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth operates as a tiny high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of Milwaukee School District. Current enrollment sits at 114 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 76% below typical.

Milwaukee School District comprises 155 schools with combined enrollment of 65,835 students; Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth is among them.

In terms of who attends, Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth is one campus in the mix.

DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth's enrollment has declined 55% since 2018, when it stood at 252 (now 114). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.