State/Public Elementary Open

Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy

๐Ÿ“ 6600 W Melvina St, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, 53216

299
Pupils
19.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. The school has 299 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Milwaukee School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 15.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading.

School details

School district
Milwaukee School District

Enrollment & staffing

Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy enrolls 299 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 15.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.

Male students
148 (49%)
Female students
151 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Student-teacher ratio
19.9:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 6% Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American27191%
Hispanic or Latino186%
Two or more races41.3%
White31%
Asian31%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

292 of the school's 299 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 292 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“8Charter schoolSupplemental VirtualTitle I

Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WI-40, state senate district 6, state house district 17.

School district: Milwaukee School District

Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy is one of 156 schools in Milwaukee School District, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The district serves 65,599 students district-wide and employs 4,034 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 299 students, Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy is smaller than the district average of about 421 students per school.

65,599
District students
156
Schools
4,034
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

8%
Reading proficient
32%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: City - Large

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