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28 Milwaukee Public Schools 'Fail To Meet Expectations'

Wisconsin school officials say 28 Milwaukee Public Schools are failing to meet expectations - nearly half the amount from just two years ago

(Scott Anderson, Patch Staff )

MILWAUKEE, WI — School report cards released Tuesday by the State Department of Public Instruction show that the Milwaukee Public School District "meets few expectations."

Milwaukee had seven star performers this year, up from five last year. On the other hand, the oft-troubled district notched 28 failing schools. That number is down from 39 failing schools last year and 45 from two years ago.

Scores are calculated for each of the following priority areas on the state report card:

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• Student Achievement proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics on state assessments
• Student Growth measured by year-to-year improvements in achievement
• Closing Gaps in performance between specific student groups (comparing English language learners, low-income students, students with disabilities, and members of a racial or an ethnic group with their peers)
• On-Track and Postsecondary Readiness is a measurement using reliable predictors of high school graduation and potential post high school success

Milwaukee Schools Ranked

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Fails to Meet Expectations (28)

27.4 -- North Division High
29.1 -- Daniel Webster Secondary School
29.4 -- James Madison Academic Campus
33.1 -- Pulaski High
33.8 -- Obama School of Career and Technical Education
36.1 -- Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning
36.7 -- Andrew Douglas School
37.5 -- Green Bay Avenue School
38.9 -- Lancaster Elementary
39.8 -- Elm Creative Arts Elementary
43.3 -- South Division High
43.5 -- Bay View High
44.2 -- Vincent High
44.5 -- WHS Information Technology
45.3 -- Marshall High
48.1 -- Jackson Elementary
48.8 -- Browning Elementary
48.8 -- Riverside High
49.4 -- Hamilton High
50.1 -- Bradley Technology High
50.7 -- Audubon Technology and Communication Middle
51.2 -- Keefe Avenue Elementary
51.4 -- Gaenslen Elementary
51.6 -- Riverwest Elementary
51.8 -- Sherman Elementary
52.1 -- Daniels University Preparatory Academy
52.4 -- Bruce Elementary
52.7 -- Audubon Technology and Communication High

Meets Few Expectations (41)

53.2 -- Emerson Elementary
54 -- Barbee Elementary
54.2 -- Morse Mid
54.4 -- Westside Academy
54.5 -- Alliance School of Milwaukee
54.8 -- King International Baccalaureate Middle
55.1 -- Milwaukee High School of the Arts
55.1 -- Townsend Street Elementary
55.4 -- Clarke Street Elementary
55.5 -- Carson Academy
56 -- Auer Avenue Elementary
56.2 -- Hawthorne Elementary
57 -- Story Elementary
57.5 -- Cass Street Elementary
57.5 -- Hartford Avenue Elementary
58.1 -- Lincoln Middle
58.3 -- Eighty-First Street Elementary
58.5 -- Thoreau Elementary
58.9 -- Hi-Mount Elementary
59.3 -- Doerfler Elementary
59.3 -- LaFollette Elementary
59.6 -- Fifty-Third Street Elementary
59.7 -- Goodrich Elementary
59.7 -- Manitoba Elementary
59.7 -- Mitchell Elementary
60 -- Brown Street Academy
60.1 -- Lowell International Elementary
60.1 -- River Trail Elementary
60.6 -- Franklin Elementary
60.8 -- Grantosa Drive Elementary
60.9 -- Roosevelt Middle
61 -- Hopkins Lloyd Community School
61 -- Maple Tree Elementary
61.1 -- Fratney Elementary
61.6 -- Holmes Elementary
61.7 -- Hawley Environmental School
61.8 -- Siefert Elementary
62.1 -- Forest Home Elementary
62.1 -- MacDowell Montessori School K3-12
62.1 -- Metcalfe Elementary
62.3 -- Clement Avenue Elementary

Meeting Expectations (42)

63 -- Riley Elementary
63.1 -- Alcott Elementary
63.3 -- Neeskara Elementary
63.4 -- Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary
63.8 -- Milwaukee School of Languages
63.8 -- Starms Discovery
64 -- Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast Campus
64.1 -- Thurston Woods Elementary
64.5 -- Barton Elementary
64.5 -- Honey Creek Elementary
64.7 -- Zablocki Elementary
64.9 -- Craig Montessori School
65.1 -- Kluge Elementary
65.2 -- Lincoln Avenue Elementary
65.3 -- Bethune Academy
65.3 -- Greenfield Bilingual
66.1 -- Stuart Elementary
66.7 -- Milwaukee Spanish Immersion
66.7 -- Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies
67 -- Kilbourn Elementary
67 -- Longfellow Elementary
67.3 -- Congress Elementary
67.3 -- Milwaukee Community Cyber High
67.5 -- Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary
68.3 -- Carver Academy
68.4 -- Highland Community School
68.9 -- Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology Northwest Campus
69 -- Burbank Elementary
69.3 -- Engleburg Elementary
69.3 -- King International
69.4 -- IDEAL Individualized Developmental Educational Approaches to Learning
69.6 -- Curtin Elementary
69.8 -- Rogers Street Academy
70.4 -- Clemens Elementary
70.8 -- Milwaukee French Immersion
70.8 -- Morgandale Elementary
71.2 -- ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes
71.3 -- King Jr Elementary
71.7 -- Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language
71.8 -- Grant Elementary
71.8 -- Vieau Elementary
72.6 -- Whitman Elementary

Exceeds Expectations (25)

73.4 -- Bryant Elementary
73.5 -- Kagel Elementary
73.6 -- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus
73.7 -- Wedgewood Park School
73.8 -- Burdick Elementary
73.8 -- Fernwood Montessori
74 -- Bay View Montessori School
74.3 -- Humboldt Park Elementary
74.7 -- Allen-Field Elementary
75.2 -- Meir School
75.9 -- Garland Elementary
76.2 -- Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy
76.3 -- Victory Elementary
76.4 -- Fairview Elementary
76.5 -- Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus
76.5 -- Whittier Elementary
76.9 -- Hampton Elementary
77 -- La Causa Charter School
79.3 -- Milwaukee German Immersion
79.9 -- Maryland Montessori
80.9 -- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street
81 -- Milwaukee Parkside School
81.4 -- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12
81.9 -- Hayes Bilingual School
82.3 -- Reagan College Preparatory High

Significantly Exceeding Expectations (7)

83.1 -- Cooper Elementary
83.5 -- Academy of Accelerated Learning
83.5 -- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street
84.9 -- Parkview Elementary
88.7 -- Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus
89.5 -- Milwaukee Excellence Charter School
92.2 -- Pratt Elementary

Alternative Ratings (15)

AR -- ASSATA High
AR -- Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee
AR -- Carmen Middle School of Science and Technology South Campus
AR -- Grandview High
AR -- Groppi High
AR -- Lad Lake Synergy School
AR -- Milwaukee County Youth Education Center
AR -- NOVA-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy
AR -- NOVA Tech-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy Technical High
AR -- Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth
AR -- Shalom High
AR -- South Accelerated Academy
AR -- Southeastern
AR -- Transition High
AR -- Vincent Accelerated Academy

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