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Andrew S Douglas Middle is a public middle school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 167 students. The school is part of the Milwaukee School District, which is ranked 417 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Andrew S Douglas Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin middle schools over the past 4 school years, with a ranking between 599-635 out of 613-641 middle schools.
Andrew S Douglas Middle faces significant challenges, including extremely low proficiency rates on the Forward Exam across all grade levels and subject areas compared to the Milwaukee School District and the state of Wisconsin. For example, in 2023-2024, only 3.57% of 6th graders, 0% of 7th graders, and 5.26% of 8th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 25.66%, 25.92%, and 27.09% for the Milwaukee School District, respectively. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 59.5% in 2019-2020 to 87.7% in 2021-2022, and a dropout rate between 2-2.2% in recent years, which is higher than the state average.
The challenges faced by Andrew S Douglas Middle are not unique, as nearby schools within the Milwaukee School District, such as Lincoln Middle and King International Baccalaureate Middle, also perform poorly on academic measures and have high rates of chronic absenteeism and free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. Despite the low academic performance, Andrew S Douglas Middle spends a relatively high amount per student, with $15,697 spent in the 2020-2021 school year, which is higher than the spending per student at some of the nearby schools.
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