Summary:
This data set covers 10 middle schools in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin — most serving grades 6–8, with Bayside Middle serving grades 5–8 — enrolling 2,832 students total, from 106 at Andrew S Douglas Middle to 541 at Wedgewood Park School. They span four districts: Milwaukee School District (seven schools), Fox Point J2 School District, Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc, and United Community Center Inc.
Bayside Middle is a statewide outlier: 4th of 643 schools, 99th percentile, 5 stars, with roughly 90.5% ELA and 88.1% math averages in grades 6–8, 95.3% in 8th grade social studies, and just 4.7% chronic absenteeism compared with the state's 17.3%. Among high-poverty schools, United Community Center Acosta Middle School (80.3% free/reduced lunch) is the strongest non-Bayside school, with a 48.0% math average and 19.4% chronic absenteeism, while Carmen Middle School South (100% free/reduced lunch) still outperforms most MPS schools on several measures. Wedgewood Park School leads the MPS group at 10th percentile statewide.
Attendance lines up closely with achievement: Andrew S Douglas Middle has the highest chronic absenteeism at 85.2% and the lowest proficiency, while King International Baccalaureate Middle spends the most ($28,987) with the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.2) yet reports near-zero math proficiency in grades 7 and 8 — showing spending and class size alone do not determine outcomes. Note that the proficiency averages are simple grade-level averages, not official composites, and small schools can swing widely year to year.
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