School Report Cards: MPS Has 45 Failing Schools, 3 Top Performers

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 three star performers this year, including two college preparatory schools. On the other hand, the oft-troubled district notched a staggering 45 failing schools - by far the largest category of schools among the five state rankings.

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

District

Milwaukee Public 56.0 Meets Few Expectations

Schools

Fails to Meet Expectations (46)

1. North Division High 0419 22 Fails to Meet Expectations
2. Pulaski High 25.7 Fails to Meet Expectations
3. WHS Information Technology 26.1 Fails to Meet Expectations
4. Bradley Technology High 29.3 Fails to Meet Expectations
5. Bay View High 29.8 Fails to Meet Expectations
6. Hamilton High 29.8 Fails to Meet Expectations
7. South Division High 30.4 Fails to Meet Expectations
8. Vincent High 32.1 Fails to Meet Expectations
9. Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning 32.5 Fails to Meet Expectations
10. James Madison Academic Campus 33.6 Fails to Meet Expectations
11. New School for Community Service 34.6 Fails to Meet Expectations
12. Elm Creative Arts Elementary 36.7 Fails to Meet Expectations
13. Lancaster Elementary 36.9 Fails to Meet Expectations^
14. Community High School 37.2 Fails to Meet Expectations
15. Alliance School of Milwaukee 39.8 Fails to Meet Expectations
16. Gaenslen Elementary 40.7 Fails to Meet Expectations
17. Clarke Street Elementary 40.9 Fails to Meet Expectations
18. Townsend Street Elementary 41.1 Fails to Meet Expectations^
19. Obama School of Career and Technical Education 42 Fails to Meet Expectations
20. Maple Tree Elementary 42.2 Fails to Meet Expectations^
21. Bruce Elementary 43.3 Fails to Meet Expectations^
22. Browning Elementary 43.6 Fails to Meet Expectations^
23. Carver Academy 43.8 Fails to Meet Expectations^
24. Auer Avenue Elementary 44.3 Fails to Meet Expectations
25. Business and Economics Academy of Milwaukee 46.3 Fails to Meet Expectations
26. LaFollette Elementary 46.7 Fails to Meet Expectations
27. Pierce Elementary 46.8 Fails to Meet Expectations
28. Audubon Technology and Communication High School 47.3 Fails to Meet Expectations
29. Riverside High 47.6 Fails to Meet Expectations
30. Westside Academy 48.3 Fails to Meet Expectations
31. Lincoln Middle 48.4 Fails to Meet Expectations
32. Milwaukee High School of the Arts 48.5 Fails to Meet Expectations
33. Thoreau Elementary 49 Fails to Meet Expectations
34. Carson Academy 49.1 Fails to Meet Expectations^
35. Roosevelt Middle 49.9 Fails to Meet Expectations
36. Milwaukee Community Cyber High 50.1 Fails to Meet Expectations
37. Engleburg Elementary 50.2 Fails to Meet Expectations
38. Universal Academy for the College Bound 50.7 Fails to Meet Expectations
39. Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary 51.1 Fails to Meet Expectations
40. Brown Street Academy 51.4 Fails to Meet Expectations
41. Audubon Technology and Communication Middle School 51.5 Fails to Meet Expectations
42. Eighty-First Street Elementary 51.6 Fails to Meet Expectations
43. Hopkins Lloyd Community School 52.1 Fails to Meet Expectations
44. Franklin Elementary 52.4 Fails to Meet Expectations^
45. Manitoba Elementary 52.4 Fails to Meet Expectations^
46. Keefe Avenue Elementary 52.5 Fails to Meet Expectations

Meets Few Expectations (34)

1. Fifty-Third Street Elementary 53 Meets Few Expectations
2. Grantosa Drive Elementary 53.1 Meets Few Expectations
3. Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language 53.9 Meets Few Expectations
4. King Jr Elementary 54.1 Meets Few Expectations
5. Metcalfe Elementary 54.5 Meets Few Expectations
6. Barbee Elementary 54.6 Meets Few Expectations
7. Starms Discovery 55.5 Meets Few Expectations
8. Goodrich Elementary 55.7 Meets Few Expectations^
9. Mitchell Elementary 55.9 Meets Few Expectations
10. Barton Elementary 56 Meets Few Expectations
11. Forest Home Elementary 56.2 Meets Few Expectations
12. Hi-Mount Elementary 56.7 Meets Few Expectations
13. Emerson Elementary 57.2 Meets Few Expectations^
14. Jackson Elementary 57.3 Meets Few Expectations
15. Story Elementary 57.3 Meets Few Expectations
16. Hawthorne Elementary 58 Meets Few Expectations
17. Congress Elementary 58.8 Meets Few Expectations
18. Kluge Elementary 58.9 Meets Few Expectations
19. Lowell Elementary 58.9 Meets Few Expectations
20. Lincoln Avenue Elementary 59.1 Meets Few Expectations
21. MacDowell Montessori School K3-12 59.5 Meets Few Expectations
22. Cass Street Elementary 59.6 Meets Few Expectations^
23. IDEAL Individualized Developmental Educational Approaches to Learning 59.6 Meets Few Expectations
24. Holmes Elementary 59.7 Meets Few Expectations
25. Siefert Elementary 60 Meets Few Expectations
26. Hawley Environmental School 60.4 Meets Few Expectations
27. King International Baccalaureate Middle 60.5 Meets Few Expectations
28. Sherman Elementary 60.7 Meets Few Expectations
29. Hartford Avenue Elementary 61.1 Meets Few Expectations
30. Zablocki Elementary 61.5 Meets Few Expectations
31. River Trail Elementary 61.6 Meets Few Expectations^
32. Fratney Elementary 61.8 Meets Few Expectations^
33. Stuart Elementary 62.6 Meets Few Expectations
34. Bryant Elementary 62.9 Meets Few Expectations

Meets Expectations (29)

1. Daniels University Preparatory Academy 63.3 Meets Expectations
2. Bethune Academy 64.4 Meets Expectations
3. Milwaukee French Immersion 64.4 Meets Expectations^
4. Clemens Elementary 64.7 Meets Expectations^
5. Howard Avenue Montessori School 65 Meets Expectations
6. Doerfler Elementary 65.8 Meets Expectations
7. Longfellow Elementary 65.9 Meets Expectations
8. Wedgewood Park School 66.2 Meets Expectations
9. Milwaukee School of Languages 66.9 Meets Expectations
10. Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology Northwest Campus 67.7 Meets Expectations
11. Fairview Elementary 67.8 Meets Expectations
12. Thurston Woods Elementary 67.9 Meets Expectations
13. Burdick Elementary 68.7 Meets Expectations
14. ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes 68.8 Meets Expectations
15. Parkview Elementary 69.1 Meets Expectations^
16. Kagel Elementary 69.3 Meets Expectations
17. Academy of Accelerated Learning 69.7 Meets Expectations
18. Hampton Elementary 69.8 Meets Expectations
19. King International 70 Meets Expectations
20. Riley Elementary 70.1 Meets Expectations
21. Milwaukee German Immersion 70.3 Meets Expectations
22. Curtin Elementary 70.4 Meets Expectations
23. Milwaukee Parkside School 70.6 Meets Expectations
24. Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary 71.1 Meets Expectations
25. Maryland Montessori 71.3 Meets Expectations
26. Alcott Elementary 71.4 Meets Expectations
27. Rogers Street Academy 71.9 Meets Expectations
28. Clement Avenue Elementary 72.1 Meets Expectations^
29. Greenfield Bilingual 72.4 Meets Expectations

Exceeds Expectations (26)

1. Morgandale Elementary 73.3 Exceeds Expectations
2. Vieau Elementary 74 Exceeds Expectations
3. Reagan College Preparatory High 74.2 Exceeds Expectations
4. Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus 74.9 Exceeds Expectations
5. Honey Creek Elementary 74.9 Exceeds Expectations
6. Trowbridge Street Elementary 75.1 Exceeds Expectations
7. Grant Elementary 75.3 Exceeds Expectations^
8. Craig Montessori School 75.7 Exceeds Expectations
9. Hayes Bilingual School 75.7 Exceeds Expectations
10. Burbank Elementary 75.8 Exceeds Expectations
11. Meir School 76.1 Exceeds Expectations
12. Milwaukee Spanish Immersion 76.5 Exceeds Expectations
13. Allen-Field Elementary 76.7 Exceeds Expectations^
14. Highland Community School 76.8 Exceeds Expectations
15. Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy 77.3 Exceeds Expectations
16. Garland Elementary 77.4 Exceeds Expectations
17. Fernwood Montessori 77.7 Exceeds Expectations
18. La Causa Charter School 77.7 Exceeds Expectations^
19. Victory Elementary 77.9 Exceeds Expectations
20. Whitman Elementary 78.9 Exceeds Expectations
21. Cooper Elementary 79.1 Exceeds Expectations
22. Humboldt Park Elementary 80.1 Exceeds Expectations
23. Kilbourn Elementary 81.5 Exceeds Expectations
24. HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12 81.9 Exceeds Expectations
25. Pratt Elementary 82.9 Exceeds Expectations^
26. Neeskara Elementary 83.4 Significantly Exceeds Expectations

Significantly Exceeds Expectations (3)

1. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street 93.5 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
2. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street 94.7 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
3. Whittier Elementary 97.9 Significantly Exceeds Expectations^

Other Classifications (20)

1. ASSATA High AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
2. Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
3. Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast Campus AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
4. Grandview High AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
5. Green Bay Avenue School AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
6. Groppi High AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
7. Lad Lake Synergy School AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
8. Marshall High AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
9. Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
10. Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
11. Milwaukee County Youth Education Center AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
12. Milwaukee Excellence Charter School AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
13. Morse Mid AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
14. NOVA-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
15. NOVA Tech-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy Technical High AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
16. Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
17. Shalom High AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
18. Southeastern AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement
19. Transition High AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress

All Wisconsin Districts Get Passing Grade

Overall, 361 public and private school report cards earned five-star ratings, 719 had four stars, 643 had three stars, 261 had two stars, and 117 schools earned one star. On district level report cards, 44 districts earned five-star ratings, 190 had four stars, 166 earned three stars, and 20 had two stars.

There were 152 report cards for 140 private choice schools that are not rated because there was insufficient data. This is the second year that choice schools were included in report cards and the second year the schools could opt to have both a choice student and an all student report cards.

How Report Cards Are Calculated

Accountability ratings are calculated on four priority areas: student achievement in English language arts and mathematics, school growth, closing gaps between student groups, and measures of postsecondary readiness, which includes graduation and attendance rates, third-grade English language arts achievement, and eighth-grade mathematics achievement.

Schools and districts could have point deductions for missing targets for student engagement: absenteeism must be less than 13 percent and dropout rates must be less than 6 percent.

The 2016-17 report cards use data from a variety of sources, including information reported through WISEdash and two years of Forward and one year of Badger testing as well as three years ACT Plus Writing and Dynamic Learning Maps testing for growth calculations.

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