Impact of COVID-19 on Wedgewood Park School
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 493rd of 594 Middle schools | Ranks 552nd of 640 Middle schools | 3.3% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
6th Grade English Language Arts (Wedgewood Park School) | 28 | 11.9 | 16.1% |
6th Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee School District) | 19.5 | 15.9 | 3.6% |
6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin) | 41.7 | 40.6 | 1.1% |
6th Grade Mathematics (Wedgewood Park School) | 29 | 5.1 | 23.9% |
6th Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee School District) | 14.7 | 9.9 | 4.8% |
6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin) | 43.5 | 42.6 | 0.9% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Wedgewood Park School) | 33.8 | 33 | 0.8% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee School District) | 24.2 | 20.7 | 3.5% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin) | 45.5 | 41.1 | 4.4% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Wedgewood Park School) | 26.7 | 16.5 | 10.2% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee School District) | 14.3 | 9.4 | 4.9% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin) | 39.7 | 35.7 | 4% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Wedgewood Park School) | 27.1 | 20.9 | 6.2% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Milwaukee School District) | 19 | 16.7 | 2.2% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin) | 37.3 | 37.8 | 0.5% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Wedgewood Park School) | 25.8 | 11.4 | 14.4% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Milwaukee School District) | 13.1 | 6.9 | 6.2% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin) | 36.5 | 31.8 | 4.7% |
8th Grade Social Studies (Wedgewood Park School) | 31.9 | 38.2 | 6.2% |
8th Grade Social Studies (Milwaukee School District) | 25.1 | 32.1 | 7% |
8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin) | 52.1 | 59.2 | 7.1% |
8th Grade Science (Wedgewood Park School) | 31.9 | 22.7 | 9.3% |
8th Grade Science (Milwaukee School District) | 24.8 | 22.2 | 2.7% |
8th Grade Science (Wisconsin) | 54.6 | 49.4 | 5.3% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 907 | 656 | 27.7% |
African American | 183 | 154 | 15.8% |
American Indian | 3 | 3 | |
Asian | 48 | 42 | 12.5% |
Hispanic | 512 | 366 | 28.5% |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | |
White | 134 | 65 | 51.5% |
Two or More Races | 27 | 26 | 3.7% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 74.9% | 74.1% | 0.8% |