Summary:
ZIP code 53218 in Milwaukee is home to 10 elementary schools — eight in Milwaukee School District and two charter schools, Milwaukee Scholars Charter School and Rocketship Transformation Prep — serving about 3,650 students across PK–5 and PK–8 grade spans. Every school ranks near the bottom of Wisconsin's statewide rankings, with rank percentiles between 1 and 11 and 1 star or 0 stars.
Within the group, Craig Montessori School stands out as the strongest relative performer: the highest rank percentile (11) and by far the lowest chronic absenteeism at 13.3%, below the state rate of 17.3%. Hampton Elementary posts the best 4th-grade results in the ZIP code (social studies 43.48%, science and ELA both 30.43%), though its absenteeism is 59.5%. Rocketship Transformation Prep has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (23.64%) and the strongest math average (30.96%), but the highest student-teacher ratio at 32.1. Milwaukee Scholars Charter School is the largest school at 696 students and has relatively strong 8th-grade scores.
Common challenges cut across all 10 schools. Proficiency averages about 16.0% in ELA and 13.4% in math, compared with state averages of roughly 54.0% and 53.7% — gaps of 38 to 42 percentage points. Chronic absenteeism averages 51.5% versus 17.3% statewide; only Craig is below the state rate. Lancaster Elementary is the most challenged, with 77.5% absenteeism and the lowest rank percentile (1). Kilbourn Elementary fell sharply year over year, and reported 0% proficiency values at several schools are actual results, not suppressed data.
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