South Accelerated Academy

South Accelerated Academy is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, run under Milwaukee School District, with 57 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so South Accelerated Academy sits 88% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Milwaukee School District, which oversees 155 schools and 65,835 students, South Accelerated Academy is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, South Accelerated Academy records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 39% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which South Accelerated Academy is one.

South Division High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Accelerated Academy has shrank 16%, going from 68 students in 2018 to 57 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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