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Enrollment
651
High
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEEDS OF HEALTH INC·NCES 550007402637
Tenor High
918 Vel R Phillips Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203 · (414) 431-4371 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
431 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 157 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 192 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 168 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 134 | 21% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Tenor High
Tenor High's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenor High this school | 651 | 66.2% | 19.4% |
| Park High Racine | 1,203 | 69.7% | 14.6% |
| East High Green Bay | 1,119 | 66.6% | 23.4% |
| Bradford High Kenosha | 1,453 | 65.0% | 21.1% |
| Audubon Technology and Communication High Milwaukee | 436 | 78.2% | 16.1% |
| Memorial High Beloit | 1,305 | 61.9% | 17.9% |
Matched among Wisconsin high 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 Tenor High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #378 of 402 | #21 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #144 of 532 | #25 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #320 of 325 | #36 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #65 of 325 | #20 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #43 of 418 | #29 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +186.8% | #1 of 128 | #1 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
651
+180 (+38%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 24.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 651 | 27 | 24.1:1 | 66% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 24.5 | 25.6:1 | 68% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 22.7 | 24.2:1 | 71% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 19 | 24.8:1 | 95% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 10.3 | 22.0:1 | 72% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 10 | 24.8:1 | 85% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tenor High.
Since 2017-18: students up 187% (227 to 651); teachers up 162% (10.3 to 27).
About Tenor High
Tenor High is a public high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It had 651 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Wisconsin average about 475 students, which makes this school 37% larger than average.
Seeds of Health Inc enrolls 1,287 students, and its 3 schools include Tenor High.
About 60% of the student body at Tenor High is Hispanic. Other groups include 29% Black and 8% White. By comparison, Milwaukee County residents are about 17% Hispanic. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Tenor High are from different groups.
There are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 24.1:1. The gap from the 14.6:1 average for high schools in Wisconsin is 9.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Milwaukee County is close, at 64%.
Tenor High ranks in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 19.4%. Predicted: 37.0%. Difference: 17.6 points.
Milwaukee County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 284 public schools in the county, enrolling about 122,496, Tenor High among them.
Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth sits about 0.4 miles from Tenor High. Tenor High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 19.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Tenor High inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
A 38% increase took enrollment from 471 in 2020-21 to 651 in 2024-25.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seeds of Health Inc
- Seeds of Health Elementary ProgramElementary · 380 students
- Veritas HighHigh · 256 students
Other schools in Milwaukee
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Milwaukee Academy of ScienceCombined · 1,711 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth0.4 mi · 114
- DOC: Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility0.5 mi · 4
- UpGrade Media Arts Schools0.6 mi · 10
- Golda Meir School0.6 mi · 1,192
- Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning0.6 mi · 286
- Lincoln Middle0.8 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About Tenor HighHow large is Tenor High?
Tenor High enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Tenor High serve?
Tenor High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Tenor High?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at Tenor High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tenor High?
At Tenor High, the student body is approximately 8% White, 60% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Tenor High public or private?
Tenor High is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Seeds of Health Inc.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.