School Report Cards Released Tuesday: Here Is How Waukesha Did

WAUKESHA, WI — School report cards released Thursday by the State Department of Public Instruction show that the Waukesha School District "met expectations."

The stars of Waukesha's school district came at the elementary level, in which five schools significantly exceeded state expectations. Waukesha had one school that failed to meet expectations.

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

Waukesha 69.7 Meets Expectations

Schools

Fails to Meet Expectations (1)

eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin 45.8 Fails to Meet Expectations

Meets Few Expectations (5)

eAchieve Elementary 53.4 Meets Few Expectations
South High 58.3 Meets Few Expectations
Whittier Elementary 60.1 Meets Few Expectations
Horning Middle 62.8 Meets Few Expectations

White Rock Campus AR Alternate Rating - Needs Improvement

Meets Expectations (11)

North High 66 Meets Expectations
Hawthorne Elementary 66.1 Meets Expectations
Bethesda Elementary 66.4 Meets Expectations
Butler Middle 69.2 Meets Expectations
Summit View Elementary 69.3 Meets Expectations
Heyer Elementary 69.8 Meets Expectations^
Prairie Elementary 70.7 Meets Expectations
Les Paul Middle 71.9 Meets Expectations

Waukesha Academy of Health Professions AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
Waukesha East Alternative School AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress
Waukesha Transition Academy AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress

Exceeds Expectations (3)

West High 74.2 Exceeds Expectations
Blair Elementary 79.1 Exceeds Expectations
Hadfield Elementary 80.4 Exceeds Expectations

Significantly Exceeds Expectations (7)

Banting Elementary 84.4 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Waukesha STEM Academy 87.6 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Rose Glen Elementary 88.8 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Lowell Elementary 89 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Hillcrest Elementary 89.9 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Meadowbrook Elementary 92.4 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy 93.7 Significantly Exceeds Expectations

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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