Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy

Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy operates as a very small secondary school in Waukesha, Wisconsin, operated by Waukesha School District. Current enrollment sits at 144 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 70% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Waukesha School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 10,922 students; Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy is among them.

Demographically, Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 6% Asian. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 48.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.0%; this one delivers 75.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Waukesha County put the typical household earns roughly $106,076 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy is one of 113 public schools in Waukesha County (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students).

Waukesha Academy of Health Professions is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy has fell 22%, going from 185 students in 2018 to 144 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 72.0:1 in 2018 to 48.0:1 today.

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