Summary:
This analysis covers 7 middle schools serving grades 6–8 in the Milwaukee School District in Wisconsin, with a combined 2,113 students and enrollments ranging from 106 to 541 per school — a wide spread that matters, since small grade cohorts make year‑to‑year test numbers swing sharply.
Wedgewood Park School (541 students) is the standout: it is the only school here with any stars, posts the best scores in 7 of 8 subject/grade measures, has the lowest chronic absenteeism (50.3%) and the lowest dropout rate (0.2%), and its top figure — 36.03% in 6th‑grade ELA — is still roughly 19 points below the state. Audubon Technology and Communication Middle improved in 7 of 8 measures, the largest gain in the group, yet its state rank barely moved. Roosevelt Middle declined in 6 of 8 measures, falling from the 6th to the 1st percentile, and Andrew S Douglas Middle (106 students) carries the highest need: 85.2% chronic absenteeism, 6.2% dropout, and reported 0% proficiency in five of eight test cells. Morse Mid, Lincoln Middle, and King International Baccalaureate Middle sit in between.
Across all eight measures the group averages about 11% proficiency, versus roughly 26% for the district and about 56% for the state — roughly two‑fifths of the district and one‑fifth of the state. Chronic absenteeism averages 63.6% (district 46.2%, state 17.3%), and 87% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Math trails ELA at every school, science is the weakest 8th‑grade subject, and absenteeism tracks achievement more closely than anything else: the schools with the lowest absenteeism are, without exception, the highest performers.
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