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La Casa de Esperanza Charter School is a public charter school serving grades PK-8 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with a student population of 225. The school operates under the Waukesha School District, which is ranked 400 out of 424 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, La Casa de Esperanza Charter School struggles significantly compared to the state and nearby schools. In 2022-2023, the school's proficiency rates on the Forward Exam were much lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 3rd grade English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rate was 12.5% compared to the state average of 37.88%. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 22.6%, which is much higher than the nearby schools and the state average. However, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.7, which is lower than most of the Hawthorne Elementary, Heyer Elementary, Lowell Elementary, Summit View Elementary, Waukesha STEM Academy, eAchieve Elementary, Banting Elementary, White Rock School, White Rock Campus, and Hadfield Elementary.
The racial makeup of La Casa de Esperanza Charter School has shifted over the past few years, with the percentage of Hispanic students increasing from 54.82% in 2020-2021 to 64.89% in 2022-2023, while the percentage of White students has decreased from 23.35% to 11.56% during the same period. Additionally, the school has a very low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 3.11% in 2022-2023, which is much lower than the nearby schools and the state average. These factors, combined with the school's consistently low academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas, suggest that deeper systemic issues may be at play, raising questions about the effectiveness of the charter school model in addressing the educational needs of the community it serves.
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