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Milwaukee German Immersion

Summary:

Milwaukee German Immersion is a public elementary school serving 561 students in grades PK-5 within the Milwaukee School District. This school stands out for its strong focus on German language immersion, consistently outperforming the district and state in academic proficiency.

Milwaukee German Immersion boasts impressive academic performance, with 71.43% of 3rd graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to just 21.43% for the Milwaukee School District and 52.07% for Wisconsin. The school also excels in serving specific student subgroups, including African American, White, and Special Education students. Additionally, Milwaukee German Immersion has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 6.3% to 7.1%, significantly better than nearby schools.

While Milwaukee German Immersion stands out as a high-performing outlier within the Milwaukee School District, it faces competition from the neighboring Wauwatosa School District, which boasts several high-performing elementary schools like Roosevelt, McKinley, and Madison. Nevertheless, Milwaukee German Immersion's consistent academic excellence and ability to attract a diverse student population highlight the potential for high-quality public education, even in a district facing significant challenges.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 3778 N 82nd St
       Milwaukee, WI  53222-2999

(414) 393-5600

District: Milwaukee School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
389th of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,994 Help


Students who attend Milwaukee German Immersion usually attend:

Middle:    King International Baccalaureate Middle
    Lincoln Middle
    Roosevelt Middle
High:    Audubon Technology and Communication High
    Bradley Technology High
    King International
    Milwaukee High School of the Arts
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Student/teacher ratio:  22.0 Help
Number of students:  561

Racial breakdown:

White:
50.8%
African American:
27.8%
Two or more races:
12.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  29.8% Help


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Compare Details Milwaukee German Immersion ranks better than 63.3% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 2nd among 106 ranked elementary schools in the Milwaukee School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 66.15. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Milwaukee German Immersion is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (50.8%), African American (27.8%), two or more races (12.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 29.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Milwaukee German Immersion is 22. 98 elementary schools in the Milwaukee School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Milwaukee German Immersion is $11,994. 104 elementary schools in the Milwaukee School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Milwaukee German Immersion:

SchoolDigger ranks Milwaukee German Immersion 389th of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Milwaukee German Immersion in the ranking list.)

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Milwaukee School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Milwaukee School District 417th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Milwaukee German Immersion

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Rank History for all students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 80.65 70th 632 88.9%
2006 68.64 255th 712 64.2%
2007 72.92 185th 689 73.1%
2008 75.06 182nd 1021 82.2%
2009 75.33 176th 1030 82.9%
2010 75.19 179th 1045 82.9%
2011 65.34 366th 1046 65.0%
2012 72.19 226th 1045 78.4%
2013 84.29 65th 1053 93.8%
2014 84.16 80th 1061 92.5%
2015 74.88 202nd 1076 81.2%
2016 66.56 341st 1075 68.3%
2017 56.93 481st 1071 55.1%
2018 73.41 230th 1025 77.6%
2019 69.30 299th 1037 71.2%
2021 53.38 534th 1050 49.1%
2022 55.87 510th 1067 52.2%
2023 65.33 372nd 1067 65.1%
2024 66.15 389th 1061 63.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 74.92 19th 119 84.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 85.84 44th 748 94.1%
2023 95.70 7th 770 99.1%
2024 77.20 119th 790 84.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.61 256th 854 70.0%
2019 51.55 410th 874 53.1%
2021 49.45 417th 847 50.8%
2022 36.55 591st 859 31.2%
2023 35.84 617th 871 29.2%
2024 51.66 418th 866 51.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.22 294th 997 70.5%
2019 61.32 396th 1002 60.5%
2021 50.74 531st 1004 47.1%
2022 48.10 587th 1017 42.3%
2023 57.57 464th 1010 54.1%
2024 58.17 480th 1011 52.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.89 141st 997 85.9%
2019 76.90 169th 1002 83.1%
2021 56.88 461st 1003 54.0%
2022 62.33 370th 1017 63.6%
2023 69.74 277th 1011 72.6%
2024 71.01 282nd 1012 72.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.86 16th 165 90.3%
2019 60.41 43rd 161 73.3%
2021 50.49 50th 141 64.5%
2022 74.75 19th 133 85.7%
2023 74.32 20th 138 85.5%
2024 70.19 24th 137 82.5%
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Rank History for White students at Milwaukee German Immersion

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.68 158th 686 77.0%
2019 71.14 164th 718 77.2%
2021 51.91 336th 699 51.9%
2022 65.54 211th 704 70.0%
2023 82.92 71st 715 90.1%
2024 83.75 63rd 727 91.3%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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All ratings (Avg rating: 4.4)
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Reviews:
by a parent
Friday, October 26, 2018

Open Quote Great community, any immersion school (the MPS system has 4!) offers a wonderful benefit for your child, we are so lucky to have this option. Many other places offer this model across the country, usually at the cost of $20-30,000 a year. We love our school. Close Quote


by a parent
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Open Quote This is a fabulous school! My 3 children who attended have excelled in middle and high school. One is now in college and is excelling in German studies there. My own children never had trouble managing their homework. The students who had trouble were most often the ones who did not use their time wisely in school.

I was saddened to read the "one star" review written in November. I have friends who send their children to the school currently, and they are very happy with it. The school is wonderful because it has high standards.

I couldn't help but notice the poor spelling and grammar errors of the writer of the November review. I would hope that parent would hold higher standards for her own children. Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Open Quote German Immersion send home crazy amounts of homework each night not to mention the number of projects that need to be done on the weekend. There is no balance with this school when it comes to homework. The kids come home after being in school all day only to have another 2-3 hours worth of homework. Six or more sheets, plus the math work from the text books. Tell me this isn't rediculous. My other children are in Fairview Charter and are acheiving just as good of state testing if not better and only have at the most 2 sheets of homework. German Immersion is stressing my son out because of the excessive homework and we are looking to get him out of this pethetic school. If they'd only cut the homework by more than half, then it might be worth it. That's just Terrible!!!! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Milwaukee German Immersion

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 217 176 1 n/a 1 n/a n/a 0 395
1990 229 173 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 405
1991 251 213 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 468
1992 263 233 3 3 2 n/a n/a 0 504
1993 287 232 4 5 2 n/a n/a 0 530
1994 298 244 4 6 3 n/a n/a 0 555
1995 344 237 5 5 1 n/a n/a 0 592
1996 344 237 5 5 1 n/a n/a 0 592
1997 372 219 2 4 4 n/a n/a 0 601
1998 378 210 2 6 3 n/a n/a 0 599
1999 381 200 1 7 3 n/a n/a 0 592
2000 388 190 1 7 4 n/a n/a 0 590
2001 402 172 3 4 4 n/a n/a 0 585
2002 390 144 6 7 3 n/a n/a 0 550
2003 390 144 6 7 3 n/a n/a 0 550
2004 383 145 9 9 2 n/a n/a 0 548
2005 396 137 9 13 5 n/a n/a 0 560
2006 422 127 12 14 5 n/a n/a 0 580
2007 435 132 10 13 8 n/a n/a 0 598
2008 424 133 11 16 7 n/a n/a 0 591
2009 428 129 14 18 6 n/a n/a 0 595
2010 418 136 13 18 7 n/a n/a 0 592
2011 451 126 10 15 6 0 0 0 608
2012 454 126 10 18 5 0 1 0 614
2013 463 134 9 24 3 0 2 0 635
2014 454 139 9 24 2 0 4 0 632
2015 440 141 13 25 2 0 6 0 627
2016 423 143 10 26 2 0 13 0 617
2017 416 131 10 30 4 0 30 0 621
2018 375 151 13 30 3 1 34 0 607
2019 345 161 13 33 1 0 41 0 594
2020 334 174 10 31 1 0 45 0 595
2021 328 160 13 28 1 0 62 0 592
2022 288 159 7 33 0 0 64 0 551
2023 285 156 7 41 0 0 72 0 561

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Milwaukee German Immersion

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 395 20.0 19.7 22.3
1990 405 17.0 23.8 22.2
1991 468 21.0 22.2 34.6
1992 504 26.0 19.3 52.8
1993 530 26.1 20.3 67.5
1994 555 23.8 23.3 65.9
1995 592 26.6 22.3 65.9
1996 592 26.6 22.3 65.9
1997 601 28.0 21.5 65.6
1998 599 29.0 20.7 64.4
1999 592 29.0 20.4 73.3
2000 590 30.0 19.7 71
2001 585 31.0 18.9 68.9
2002 550 29.0 19.0 27.8
2003 550 29.0 19.0 27.8
2004 548 29.0 18.9 29.6
2005 560 28.0 20.0 n/a
2006 580 29.0 20.0 n/a
2007 598 27.0 22.1 31.9
2008 591 28.0 21.1 32.3
2009 595 27.8 21.4 30.8
2010 592 28.8 20.5 32.4
2011 608 26.3 23.0 27.8
2012 614 24.4 25.0 28.3
2013 635 24.5 25.9 25.8
2014 632 25.6 24.6 23.3
2015 627 n/a n/a 22.3
2016 617 25.0 24.6 24
2017 621 29.0 21.4 22.1
2018 607 15.7 38.4 27.7
2019 594 27.9 21.2 25.3
2020 595 26.7 22.2 29.1
2021 592 27.7 21.3 32.6
2022 551 26.7 20.6 31.2
2023 561 25.4 22.0 29.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Milwaukee German Immersion

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 395 20.0 19.7 22.3
1990 405 17.0 23.8 22.2
1991 468 21.0 22.2 34.6
1992 504 26.0 19.3 52.8
1993 530 26.1 20.3 67.5
1994 555 23.8 23.3 65.9
1995 592 26.6 22.3 65.9
1996 592 26.6 22.3 65.9
1997 601 28.0 21.5 65.6
1998 599 29.0 20.7 64.4
1999 592 29.0 20.4 73.3
2000 590 30.0 19.7 71
2001 585 31.0 18.9 68.9
2002 550 29.0 19.0 27.8
2003 550 29.0 19.0 27.8
2004 548 29.0 18.9 29.6
2005 560 28.0 20.0 n/a
2006 580 29.0 20.0 n/a
2007 598 27.0 22.1 31.9
2008 591 28.0 21.1 32.3
2009 595 27.8 21.4 30.8
2010 592 28.8 20.5 32.4
2011 608 26.3 23.0 27.8
2012 614 24.4 25.0 28.3
2013 635 24.5 25.9 25.8
2014 632 25.6 24.6 23.3
2015 627 n/a n/a 22.3
2016 617 25.0 24.6 24
2017 621 29.0 21.4 22.1
2018 607 15.7 38.4 27.7
2019 594 27.9 21.2 25.3
2020 595 26.7 22.2 29.1
2021 592 27.7 21.3 32.6
2022 551 26.7 20.6 31.2
2023 561 25.4 22.0 29.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Milwaukee German Immersion

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,049 (9.7%) $9,775 (90.3%) $10,824
2020 $1,308 (12.0%) $9,589 (88.0%) $10,897
2021 $1,929 (16.1%) $10,064 (83.9%) $11,994

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Milwaukee German Immersion

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 299th of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 372nd of 1067 Elementary schools
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Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee German Immersion)47.450
 2.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee School District)16.413.2
 3.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)39.537.9
 1.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee German Immersion)56.660.7
 4.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee School District)21.216.9
 4.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)50.548.8
 1.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee German Immersion)66.752.5
 14.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee School District)18.517.5
 1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)43.945.8
 1.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee German Immersion)45.540.4
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee School District)16.412.7
 3.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)46.246.5
 0.2%
4th Grade Social Studies (Milwaukee German Immersion)70.863.2
 7.6%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Milwaukee School District)24.128.3
 4.2%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)53.459.7
 6.4%
4th Grade Science (Milwaukee German Immersion)75.858.6
 17.1%
   4th Grade Science (Milwaukee School District)21.819.3
 2.5%
   4th Grade Science (Wisconsin)53.952.1
 1.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee German Immersion)4650.9
 5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee School District)16.514.1
 2.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee German Immersion)52.754.7
 2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee School District)18.214.9
 3.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students594561
 5.6%
African American161156
 3.1%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian137
 46.2%
Hispanic3341
 24.2%
Pacific Islander00
White345285
 17.4%
Two or More Races4172
 75.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.3%29.8%
 4.5%

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Milwaukee German Immersion ranks 389th of 1061 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Milwaukee German Immersion are 51% White, 28% African American, 13% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 561 students attended Milwaukee German Immersion.


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