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Darrell Lynn Hines Academy is a small public charter elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with just 192 students. Unfortunately, this school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin elementary schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, and both female and male students perform in the bottom 1% of the state.
The school faces significant challenges, including a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 38.6%, far exceeding the state average of 15-20%. Academically, the school's test scores are extremely low across all grade levels and subjects, with only 31.25% of 3rd graders proficient in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 52.07%, and math proficiency ranging from 0% to 35.71%, well below the state averages of 50-56%. Additionally, over 90% of the students at Darrell Lynn Hines Academy receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population. The school spends around $10,000-$11,000 per student, which is lower than the spending at many of the nearby Milwaukee School District public schools.
Interestingly, the nearby public schools, such as Goodrich Elementary, Barton Elementary, and Kluge Elementary, also have very low performance, with test scores and rankings similar to or slightly better than Darrell Lynn Hines Academy. This suggests that the challenges faced by Darrell Lynn Hines Academy are not unique but are reflective of the broader educational landscape in this part of Milwaukee. While the school has a relatively high dropout rate of 2.2%, some nearby Milwaukee Scholars Charter School have even higher dropout rates of 5.7%, and the chronic absenteeism rates at the nearby public schools, ranging from 45.5% to 65.7%, are also alarmingly high.
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