Summary:
Milwaukee Scholars Charter School is the only school in the Milwaukee Scholars Charter School Inc district, serving about 696 students in grades PK through 8 at 7000 W Florist Ave in Milwaukee. Although it is classified as an elementary school, it enrolls middle-school grades as well, so the data covers both. Because the district contains just this one school, district figures and school figures are identical; the useful comparison point is the Wisconsin state average.
Academically, the school ranks near the bottom of Wisconsin. Its state school rank was 956 of 1,039 (8th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–26, and roughly the 9th percentile with 0 stars in 2023–24 and 2024–25. Every reported grade-level result in ELA, Math, Social Studies and Science was below the state average in both 2024–25 and 2025–26. The closest results were in the middle grades: 7th grade ELA at 48.72% proficient versus 55.33% statewide, 8th grade ELA at 40.00% versus 54.38%, and 8th grade Math at 39.13% versus 53.67%. The weakest were 3rd grade ELA (6.85% vs. 52.08%), 3rd grade Math (8.22% vs. 54.75%) and 4th grade Science (8.77% vs. 53.46%). In 2025–26 the school averaged 28.65% in ELA, 22.86% in Math, 34.48% in Social Studies and 17.43% in Science.
Attendance is a significant challenge: 38.5% of students were chronically absent in 2024–25, more than double the state rate of 17.3%, and the dropout rate was 2.8% versus 1.1% statewide. Most students come from lower-income families — 83.05% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch — and the student-teacher ratio is 19.3:1, with per-student spending of $20,832 in 2020–21. Some grades improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, including 5th grade ELA (up 19.26 points), 7th grade ELA (up 12.18) and 5th grade Math (up 7.22), but overall averages slipped slightly and no grade met the state benchmark.
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