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Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-8

918^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Better than 12% of Wisconsin elementary schools

Summary

Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street is a public charter elementary school serving 478 students in grades PK-8 in a low-income area of Milwaukee. Despite its high spending of around $16,000 per student, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Wisconsin elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school faces significant challenges in serving its high-poverty student population, as evidenced by its consistently low academic performance. In 2024-2025, only 29.79% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 21.92% for the Milwaukee School District and 52.14% statewide. The school's math proficiency rates are also very low, ranging from 18-37% across grade levels, well below district and state averages. The school's performance is especially concerning for certain student subgroups, with its special education and low-income students ranking in the bottom 25% of Wisconsin elementary schools. Additionally, the school has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 50.4% in recent years, much higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus, located just 0.27 miles away, significantly outperforms the 38th Street campus on academic metrics, despite serving a similar student population. This suggests the 38th Street campus may have unique challenges or ineffective practices compared to its sister school. The nearby district-run elementary schools, such as Clarke Street Elementary and Metcalfe Elementary, perform even worse than Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street on most measures, indicating the broader challenges facing public schools in this area of Milwaukee.

474

Students ?

29.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,128

Per pupil spending ?

87.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2623 N 38th St
Milwaukee, WI 53210-2502

(414) 445-1000

District: Milwaukee School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

90.5%

Hispanic:

4.4%

Two or more races:

3.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 13th percentile in 2015 → 12th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (26% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 17% Wisconsin)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg23%

Wisconsin avg54%

Elementary school

918^th of 1,044

Wisconsin public elementary schools ?

Bottom 12%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

558^th of 628

Wisconsin public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

27^th of 106Elementary Schools in the Milwaukee School District

415^th of 426Milwaukee School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	918 of 1044	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	931 of 1061	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	959 of 1067	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	940 of 1067	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.7	944 of 1050	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.6	721 of 1037	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.6	668 of 1025	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	49.9	591 of 1071	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	37.2	760 of 1075	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.3	934 of 1076	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	14.1	942 of 1061	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	63.5	34 of 144	76.4%	★★★★☆
2021	50.3	51 of 141	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	93.4	5 of 161	96.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	881 of 1001	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	885 of 1011	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.9	911 of 1010	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.8	896 of 1017	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.4	895 of 1004	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.9	647 of 1002	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.4	672 of 997	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2024	16.6	785 of 866	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	822 of 871	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.1	776 of 859	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.9	788 of 847	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	45.1	500 of 874	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.1	380 of 854	55.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	866 of 1000	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	869 of 1012	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	906 of 1011	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	868 of 1017	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.5	897 of 1003	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.2	729 of 1002	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	48.0	570 of 997	42.8%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	765 of 802	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	767 of 790	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	697 of 770	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	653 of 748	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	614 of 746	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	65.6	183 of 742	75.3%	★★★★☆
2018	39.0	448 of 721	37.9%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	558 of 628	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	566 of 641	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	579 of 640	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	500 of 617	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.1	541 of 613	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.0	423 of 594	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.8	418 of 579	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	34.2	437 of 612	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.2	538 of 609	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	14.3	540 of 612	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2024	50.5	49 of 118	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.9	68 of 134	49.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	84.5	7 of 123	94.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	506 of 573	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	505 of 580	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	484 of 579	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.5	459 of 576	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.7	491 of 574	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.1	427 of 557	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.0	456 of 551	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	447 of 509	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.8	416 of 520	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	488 of 525	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.9	384 of 522	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.3	458 of 499	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	45.6	269 of 487	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.9	216 of 489	55.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	498 of 577	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	515 of 585	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.6	550 of 591	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	27.2	452 of 577	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.4	504 of 572	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.6	367 of 557	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.8	284 of 551	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	43.9	217 of 414	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	18.3	429 of 439	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	44.1	216 of 421	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	23.0	362 of 437	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.0	291 of 414	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	17.4	381 of 417	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)76th percentile+64 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

Female (2025)12th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)9th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)5th percentile-7 vs school

Middle school

African American (2024)58th percentile+47 vs school

Special Education (2025)48th percentile+36 vs school

Male (2025)14th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school

Female (2025)12th percentile~ school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts30%-23 vs state

Mathematics27%-27 vs state

Social Studies24%-39 vs state

Science14%-37 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)		Forward Exam Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2623 N 38th St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 445-1000	474	16	29.6	87.8%	0 (0.0%)	429 (90.5%)	21 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	13.8	918^th of 1044 public elementary schools	12.1%		13.4	931^st of 1061 public elementary schools	12.3%	13	29.8	23.3	27.8	31.8	27.3	39.1	31.9	37.2	30.6	18.2	25.0	21.7	18.6	29.6	18.6	8.9	$16,128	$2,815	$13,313
Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2449 N 36th St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 445-8020	486	18	27.0	80.0%	1 (0.2%)	442 (90.9%)	17 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	32.6	786^th of 1044 public elementary schools	24.7%		33.1	793^rd of 1061 public elementary schools	25.3%	7	43.8	53.1	31.1	31.0	40.0	44.2	58.3	38.8	44.4	40.5	34.1	48.8	36.7	37.2	34.7	14.0	$14,938	$2,787	$12,150
Milwaukee Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2703 N Sherman Blvd	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee Math and Science Academy Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 263-6400	241	14	17.2	90.5%	0 (0.0%)	230 (95.4%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	6.4	961^st of 1044 public elementary schools	8.0%		2.8	1019^th of 1061 public elementary schools	4.0%	58	14.3	12.0	8.0	12.5	9.1	4.6	23.8	4.0	0.0	50.0	4.6	4.8	16.0	22.7	8.0	9.1	$11,760	$2,797	$8,963
Metcalfe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3400 W North Ave	Milwaukee	53208	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 874-3600	296	19	15.7	92.9%	4 (1.4%)	276 (93.2%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	1.4	1038^th of 1044 public elementary schools	0.6%		1.1	1059^th of 1061 public elementary schools	0.2%	21	7.7	0.0	4.2	8.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.4	7.1	3.7	0.0	$17,223	$3,709	$13,514
Clarke Street Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2816 W Clarke St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-1000	167	15	11.0	94.6%	2 (1.2%)	154 (92.2%)	11 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1	1044^th of 1044 public elementary schools	0.0%		2.3	1033^rd of 1061 public elementary schools	2.6%	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	10.0	$18,466	$2,946	$15,521
Westside Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1945 N 31st St	Milwaukee	53208	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 934-5000	159	11	15.1	96.9%	2 (1.3%)	138 (86.8%)	6 (3.8%)	9 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	11.7	932^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	10.7%		15.7	918^th of 1061 public elementary schools	13.5%	14	5.9	34.8	15.4				5.9	22.7	7.7				50.0		22.7		$22,185	$6,069	$16,116
High-Mount Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4921 W Garfield Ave	Milwaukee	53208	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 875-2700	166	6	26.8	93.4%	4 (2.4%)	143 (86.1%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.0%)	3.8	993^rd of 1044 public elementary schools	4.9%		3	1017^th of 1061 public elementary schools	4.1%	24	0.0	8.3	0.0	4.6	0.0	9.1	0.0	8.3	0.0	4.6	0.0	0.0	46.2	9.1	16.7	9.1	$18,770	$4,100	$14,670
Milwaukee French Immersion	Public	PK, KG-5	2360 N 52nd St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 874-8400	426	21	19.9	68.1%	81 (19.0%)	256 (60.1%)	28 (6.6%)	10 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	47 (11.0%)	29.9	809^th of 1044 public elementary schools	22.5%		31	805^th of 1061 public elementary schools	24.1%	4	30.7	52.3	47.9				40.3	27.3	33.3				50.0		38.6		$12,532	$2,137	$10,395
Starms Early Childhood	Public	PK-K	2616 W Garfield Ave	Milwaukee	53205	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 934-4700	205	12	17.6	91.2%	0 (0.0%)	187 (91.2%)	8 (3.9%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)								(n/a)																	$14,711	$2,900	$11,811
Sherman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	5110 W Locust St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 874-5800	147	17	8.6	90.5%	1 (0.7%)	133 (90.5%)	5 (3.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.8%)	1.2	1042^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	0.2%		1.9	1043^rd of 1061 public elementary schools	1.7%	1	7.1	0.0	7.7	0.0	14.3	14.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.0	7.1	0.0	7.1	$19,435	$4,910	$14,525

Frequently Asked Questions about Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street

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Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street ranks in the bottom 12.1% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

How many students attend Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street?

In the 2024-25 school year, 474 students attended Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street.

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What is the racial makeup of Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street?

Students at Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 38th Street are 91% African American, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

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