Summary:
Milwaukee Scholars Charter School is the sole school in the Milwaukee Scholars Charter School Inc district, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 670 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating a persistent struggle to provide quality education to its students.
The school's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly below the state average across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 3rd-grade English Language Arts proficiency rate was 19.4%, compared to the state average of 52.07%. Additionally, the school has a high dropout rate of 5.7% and a chronic absenteeism rate of 44.8%, which likely contribute to the poor academic outcomes.
The data also suggests that the Milwaukee Scholars Charter School serves a student population facing significant socioeconomic challenges, with 89.55% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The school's spending per student was $20,832 in the 2020-2021 school year, and it had a student-teacher ratio of 17.5 to 1 in the 2022-2023 school year. These factors may contribute to the school's ongoing struggles to provide a high-quality education to its students.
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