Summary
La Causa Charter School is a PK–8 elementary school with 558 students in Milwaukee, WI, part of the Milwaukee School District, which is ranked 418 of 432 districts in Wisconsin (3rd percentile, 0 stars). In 2025–2026, the school ranked 924 of 1,039 statewide — the 11th percentile, 1 star.
That 11th percentile is the school's strongest result in the recent history provided (it was mostly in the 4th–9th percentile from 2015–2016 through 2024–2025) and the highest among nearby same-district schools: Hayes Bilingual School 7th, Vieau Elementary 8th, Riley Dual Language Montessori School 10th, Kagel Elementary 1st, Forest Home Elementary 6th, Lincoln Avenue Elementary 7th, and Allen-Field Elementary 7th. Nearby schools in other districts sit higher — Bruce Guadalupe at the 27th percentile and Downtown Montessori at the 60th. Chronic absenteeism is 34.7%, lower than the district's 46.2% but roughly double the state's 17.3% and far above Riley (17.1%), Bruce Guadalupe (15.9%), and Downtown Montessori (8.2%); it has fallen from 62.6% in 2021–2022. Per-student spending is $21,019, and 87.1% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch.
Fourth-grade math is a major outlier at 67.39%, above the district's 19.38%, the state's 52.87%, and every nearby school listed — but other math grades are only 5.56%–13.79%, so this may reflect one strong cohort rather than school-wide math performance. Eighth grade outperforms nearby same-district MPS schools in ELA, social studies, and science and is above district averages, though below state. Hispanic students (37th percentile, 2 stars) and English Language Learner students (33rd percentile, 2 stars) rank well above the school overall, while special education (17th percentile) and low socioeconomic status (11th percentile) students remain low. Overall, most grade-level proficiency is far below state averages, and the school still sits in the bottom 11% statewide.
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