Summary:
Middle schools in the Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc district come down to a single school: Carmen Middle School South, a grades 6–8 school in Milwaukee, WI 53215 with 191 students, a 12.7 student-teacher ratio, and 100% of students receiving free/reduced lunch. Because there is only one middle school, every district-level middle school figure is identical to the school's figure, so parents can read the school numbers as the district numbers.
On the Forward Exam, proficiency is below the state average in every reported subject and grade in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. The relative bright spots: 8th grade Social Studies was the strongest subject at 55.56% in 2024–2025 — the only reported cell above 50% — and 44.44% in 2025–2026; 7th grade improved in both subjects, with ELA rising from 31.03% to 37.5% and Math from 31.03% to 39.06%, making 7th grade Math the top 2025–2026 score, though still below the state's 55.67%. Declines were broad in 2025–2026, especially in 8th grade: ELA 44.44% to 24.66%, Math 33.33% to 24.66%, Science 36.51% to 25%, and Social Studies 55.56% to 44.44%; 6th grade also fell in ELA (38.6% to 25.58%) and Math (34.48% to 25.58%). Averaged across the eight reported tests, the school went from 38.12% to 30.81% while the state moved from 54.42% to 55.51%, widening the gap by roughly 8.4 points.
Attendance is a serious concern: chronic absenteeism is 40.6% (district 38.8%) versus the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 2.3%, about double the state's 1.1%. Rankings remain low: the school placed 559 of 641 (13th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024, improved to 487 of 628 (22nd percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025, then slipped to 556 of 643 (14th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026. The district ranks 415 of 432 statewide — 4th percentile, 0 stars.
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