Summary:
The Darrell L Hines Academy Inc district in Wisconsin contains just one school, Darrell Lynn Hines Academy, an elementary school serving grades PK–8 at 7151 N 86th St in Milwaukee with 180 students enrolled. Because it is the only school in the area, there is no other local school to compare it against — instead, the most useful comparisons are to Wisconsin averages, and by those measures the school faces significant challenges. The district ranks 429 out of 432 in the state, at the 1st percentile with 0 stars.
Test results from the Forward Exam are far below state levels in every subject in both years reported. Averaged across all listed tests, proficiency was 11.6% in 2025–2026 versus 55.1% statewide, a gap of about 43.5 percentage points; in 2024–2025 it was 15.4% versus 54.2%. The strongest results are 8th grade Social Studies at 29.41% in 2025–2026 (40% in 2024–2025), 6th grade Math at 22.22%, and 3rd grade ELA at 20%. Several grades report 0% proficiency, including 4th grade ELA, 4th grade Math, and 5th grade Math in 2025–2026. With only 180 students spread across PK–8, grade-level cohorts are small, so year-to-year swings — such as 6th grade Math moving from 0% to 22.22% — likely reflect small group sizes rather than broad trends. The school has held 0 stars for three consecutive years, with its percentile slipping from 9 to 6 to 5.
Attendance and student need are also notable. Chronic absenteeism is 35.8%, more than double the state rate of 17.3%, and the reported dropout rate is 3.1% versus 1.1% statewide. About 67.22% of students are economically disadvantaged based on free/reduced lunch data, and the student-teacher ratio is 23:1. Per-student spending was $10,725 in 2020–2021. Families should weigh these challenges alongside the encouraging gains in 3rd grade ELA, 6th grade ELA, and 6th grade Math.
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