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Black student results in Milwaukee

Across 84 schools in Milwaukee, 13.2% of Black students meet proficient. That is 6.5 points below the Wisconsin average for Black students.

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19.7%
All students
13.2%
Black
29%
Hispanic
57%
White
29.4%
Asian

Average across the 84 schools in Milwaukee with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 76 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus reports 47.6% of Black students meeting the standard. Clarke Street Elementary, in the same district, reports 0%. That is a 47.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Milwaukee

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Whittier Elementary Charter 61.1% 50% 57.5% 83.3%
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus Charter 42.5% 47.6%
Golda Meir School 57.5% 41.6% 67.5% 88.7%
Cooper Elementary 54% 38.9% 47.3% 66%
Maryland Montessori 60.7% 37.9% 45.5% 74.3%
Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus Charter 36.8% 37.9%
Lowell International Elementary 46.2% 37.5% 45.5%
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street Charter 28.7% 33.8%
Victory Elementary 20.8% 33.3% 21.4% 22.7% 18.2%
Milwaukee German Immersion 69.6% 30.3% 92.9% 87.5%
Highland Community School Charter 55.1% 30% 50% 79.8%
Craig Montessori School 19% 28.6%
Burdick Elementary 37.7% 28.1% 26% 52.5%
Fairview Elementary 42% 28.1% 30.3% 58.2%
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street Charter 29.6% 27.8%
Carver Academy 9.6% 23.2%
Whitman Elementary 33.1% 23.2% 25.7% 53.6%
Academy of Accelerated Learning 43.6% 20.8% 39.3% 55.3% 37%
Milwaukee School of Languages 26.4% 19.5% 16.5% 56.9%
Milwaukee Parkside School 36.1% 18.9% 31.1% 68.9% 26.2%
Milwaukee French Immersion 38.3% 18.5% 73.2%
Grantosa Drive Elementary 11.5% 18.4%
Alcott Elementary 22.3% 16.7% 26% 14.6%
Parkview Elementary 27.2% 16.2% 42.3%
MacDowell Montessori School K3-12 31.6% 16.1% 22.2% 54.1%
Stuart Elementary 23.6% 15.2% 31.6%
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary 21% 15.1% 18.8% 58.3%
Morgandale Elementary 19.2% 14.7% 24.3% 9.9%
Honey Creek Elementary Charter 40.5% 14.3% 44.5% 37% 58.3%
Engleburg Elementary 14.6% 13.7%
Bryant Elementary 19.9% 13.6%
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion 26.9% 13.3% 28%
Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology Northwest Campus Charter 13.9% 12.7% 25%
Goodrich Elementary 17% 12.1% 33.3%
Roosevelt Middle 12.2% 11.7%
Congress Elementary 9.4% 11.4%
Auer Avenue Elementary 5.8% 11.1%
Clement Avenue Elementary 30.5% 10% 22.5% 42.9%
Barbee Elementary 16.6% 9.5%
Humboldt Park Elementary 31.9% 9.1% 34.8% 32.9% 32.9%
Morse Mid 14% 8.9% 13.3% 20.5%
Bruce Elementary 19% 8.7%
Wedgewood Park School 22.3% 8.6% 24.8% 37.9% 54.5%
Hartford Avenue Elementary 7.3% 8.3%
Bethune Academy 15.2% 8% 24.3%
Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language 11.8% 8% 15%
Hawley Environmental School 10.4% 7.4% 8.3%
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary 8.7% 7.2%
Hampton Elementary 22.1% 7.1%
Holmes Elementary 12.4% 7.1%
Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies 30.5% 6.7% 36.9%
Riverwest Elementary 10.6% 6.6%
Carson Academy 8.2% 6%
Lincoln Middle 7.2% 6% 10.8%
Story Elementary 8.7% 5.9%
Jackson Elementary 5.6% 5.6%
Emerson Elementary 8.8% 5.4%
Kilbourn Elementary 18.8% 5.3%
Obama School of Career and Technical Education 7.3% 5.3% 0%
Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy Charter 3.8% 5.2%
Kluge Elementary 11.6% 5.1%
Burbank Elementary 11.5% 4.8% 14% 20.5%
Eighty-First Street Elementary 5.2% 4.5%
Hawthorne Elementary 9.4% 4.5%
Neeskara Elementary 8.9% 4.4% 12.5%
River Trail School of Agricultural Science 6.3% 4.3%
Audubon Technology and Communication Middle 8.1% 4% 9.9% 0%
Hopkins Lloyd Community School 1.9% 3.8%
Green Tree Preparatory Academy Charter 4.6% 3.6%
Gaenslen Elementary 5.1% 3.5% 0%
Lancaster Elementary 6.2% 3.1%
Manitoba Elementary 11.2% 3% 11.6% 16.7%
Starms Discovery 5.1% 2.9%
Elm Creative Arts Elementary 7.2% 2.1%
Thoreau Elementary 10.6% 2%
Cass Street Elementary 8.3% 1.9%
King International Baccalaureate Middle 3.4% 1.3%
Clemens Elementary 7.2% 1%
Fifty-Third Street Elementary 5.7% 1%
Clarke Street Elementary 3.1% 0%
Franklin Elementary 5.4% 0%
Hi-Mount Elementary 2.9% 0%
Metcalfe Elementary 2.3% 0%
Sherman Elementary 4.2% 0%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Wisconsin suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 309 of Wisconsin's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Wisconsin figures should not be compared against another state's.

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