Summary:
ZIP code 53208 in Milwaukee is home to seven elementary schools — six operated by the Milwaukee School District and one independent charter, Woodlands School, part of Woodlands School Inc — serving roughly 2,229 students in grades PK–5 and PK–8. Both districts rank near the bottom of Wisconsin's 432 districts, and five of the seven schools are PK–8 campuses.
Woodlands School stands apart academically: its chronic absenteeism is 11.8%, below the state's 17.3% and far below the MPS rate of 46.2%, and its free/reduced lunch share is 18.5% versus a 93.6% average across the six MPS schools. Still, its rank slid from the 34th to the 13th percentile in a single year. Among MPS campuses, Bethune Academy has the best attendance (38.0%) and the strongest middle-grade results while spending the least per student ($19,435), and Westside Academy leads MPS grades 3–5 (5th grade ELA 42.86%), though it spends the most ($26,113). At the other end, Metcalfe Elementary has the highest absenteeism (68.3%) and the weakest math, while High-Mount Elementary pairs the smallest enrollment (166) with the largest student-teacher ratio (26.8).
Attendance and poverty levels track results here more closely than per-pupil spending. Improvement is uneven: Neeskara Elementary and Metcalfe edged up, while Story Elementary slipped from the 5th to the 2nd percentile. Note that many 0% proficiency results are reported figures, not suppressed ones, and with cohorts of 20–40 students a single child can move a percentage by several points.
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