United Community Center Acosta Middle School

Located at 1038 S 6th Street, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United Community Center Acosta Middle School is a small middle-grades school that works with 188 students (grades 6 through 8), run under United Community Center Inc. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so United Community Center Acosta Middle School sits 51% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in United Community Center Inc (1,552 students total), United Community Center Acosta Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, United Community Center Acosta Middle School lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, United Community Center Acosta Middle School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at United Community Center Acosta Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), United Community Center Acosta Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the broader community, Milwaukee County reports that median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which United Community Center Acosta Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Vieau Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, United Community Center Acosta Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 18.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, United Community Center Acosta Middle School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 66%: 113 students in 2018 compared to 188 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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