Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus

Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus is a grades 9–12 high school at 1712 S 32nd St on Milwaukee's near south side, enrolling 382 students within the Milwaukee School District. Nearly all of its students — 96.07% — qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–25, one of the highest poverty concentrations in its comparison group, and the district itself ranks 418th of 432 statewide.

Despite that context, this school posts the strongest completion and attendance outcomes in its neighborhood. Its 93.8% graduation rate is 22.3 points above the district's 71.5% and slightly above Wisconsin's 92.0%, while nearby district campuses trail far behind: Pulaski High at 67.5%, South Division High at 60.6%, and Grandview High at 37.0%. Its dropout rate of 0.7% is below both the district (4.0%) and the state (1.1%). Chronic absenteeism of 25.5% is the lowest of any Milwaukee Public Schools campus in the comparison set — roughly half the district's 46.2% — though still 8.2 points above the state's 17.3%. By contrast, Carmen High Southeast Campus, in the same network, reports 51.1% absenteeism and an 86.4% graduation rate.

On 10th-grade tests, Carmen South leads the comparison group in social studies (32.99%), English language arts (36.26%), and science (29.67%), and beats the district in all four subjects — but every subject stays 12–23 points below the state average, most sharply in math (19.78%), where it trails Veritas High (24.53%) and Pathways High (21.05%). The standout result is with English Language Learner students, where it ranks 5th of 115 Wisconsin schools (96th percentile), and special education students rank 79th of 333 (76th percentile) — far above its overall standing of 433rd of 533 schools (19th percentile), its best showing in roughly a decade. Remaining concerns are math proficiency, absenteeism relative to the state, and a persistent effectiveness gap for female students versus male students.