Waukesha STEM Academy

Waukesha STEM Academy is an expansive elementary-level community in Waukesha, Wisconsin, operated by Waukesha School District. The school caters to 580 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 80% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within Waukesha School District, which oversees 27 schools and 10,922 students, Waukesha STEM Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Waukesha STEM Academy records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Waukesha STEM Academy reports 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Waukesha STEM Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Waukesha STEM Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.3%; this one delivers 72.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Waukesha County shows median household income runs about $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Waukesha STEM Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South High, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waukesha STEM Academy. On composite proficiency, Waukesha STEM Academy comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Waukesha STEM Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 784 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 12% to 5%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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