Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc

Carmen Middle School South is the only school in Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc, serving grades 6–8 with 191 students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the area has 0 elementary, 1 middle, 0 high, and 0 alternative schools. The district is ranked 415 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 4th percentile with 0 stars. The school’s rank history is also low: 2025–2026 was 556 of 643 (14th percentile, 1 star), 2024–2025 was 487 of 628 (22nd percentile, 1 star), and 2023–2024 was 559 of 641 (13th percentile, 1 star). Because this list contains only one school, district-level test scores match the school’s scores.

In 2025–2026, the strongest current results were 8th grade Social Studies at 44.44%, 7th grade Math at 39.06%, and 7th grade ELA at 37.5%. The lowest were 8th grade ELA and Math, both 24.66%, 8th grade Science at 25%, and 6th grade ELA and Math, both 25.58%. Every tested subject and grade was below the Wisconsin state proficiency rate, with gaps from −16.61 points in 7th grade Math to −29.72 points in 8th grade ELA. 7th grade is the clearest bright spot: Math improved by 8.03 percentage points and ELA by 6.47 points. 8th grade declined sharply: ELA fell by 19.78 points, Science by 11.51 points, and Social Studies by 11.12 points; 6th grade ELA fell by 13.02 points.

For 2024–2025, attendance and dropout are major red flags. Chronic absenteeism is 40.6% at the school, compared with 38.8% in the district and 17.3% statewide, meaning roughly 2 in 5 students are chronically absent. The dropout rate is 2.3%, more than double Wisconsin’s 1.1% and equal to the district rate. The school reports 100% free/reduced lunch, so all students are economically disadvantaged, and its student-teacher ratio is 12.7, which may help targeted intervention. Overall, the school remains near the bottom statewide, with 1 star in all three years shown and the district at 0 stars; 7th grade gains are encouraging, but 8th grade declines, very high absenteeism, and broad gaps versus the state indicate significant academic and attendance concerns.