MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT Nicole Kathman

MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT FAST FACTS (2009-2010)

Largest school district in the state Pre-K through Grade 12 enrollment- 82,096 Attendance Rate 88.2% Around $15,235 spent per student compared to La

Crosse of around $13,877 Truancy Rate- 45.8% Dropouts for Grades 7-12 2,114 or 5.86% Homelessness- 2,869

LA CROSSE VS. MILWAUKEE VS. MADISON

10th Grade Achievement Test Proficiency and Advanced

Extracurricular Activity Participation

Attendance Rate for 10th grade

So they can increase extracurricular activities and attendance…..

Race/Ethnicity Enrollment

Economic Status

SCHOOL DATA ANALYSIS Victoria L. Bernhardt Concept of using school data to make

school improvements Difference between success in school

reforming and failure Identify root cause of problems Facts concerning what changes are

needed Target services to important issues Know if goals are being accomplished Demographics vs. Student Learning data Tells

us whether specific groups of students are learning at the same level or not

PROFICIENCY BY RACE- 10TH GRADE

ADVANCED PROFICIENCY BY RACE- 10TH GRADE

Race and Ethnicity clearly correlates with Advanced Proficiency for 10th grades students

ATTENDANCE- HIGH SCHOOL?

81.1% Attendance Ratefor all 10th graders

Attendance does not seem be distributed drastically by race but with improvement in attendance could show change.

HABITUALLY TRUANT?

For all High School grades

10th grade AdvancedProficiency by Race/Ethnicity

Important to note that 71.2% of all 10th graders habitually truant

SUSPENSIONCan see a relationship between race and suspension and race relates to performance

PROFICIENCY BY ECONOMIC STATUS- 10TH GRADE

High School 76.9% disadvantaged, 23% advantaged

ATTENDANCE- HIGH SCHOOL

81.1% Attendance Ratefor all 10th graders

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

SUGGESTIONS FOR MILWAUKEE Promote Extracurricular Participation Stricter Attendance Policies/Truant Polices More funding/support for economically disadvantaged

families Emphasis on ELL programs!

SOURCES http://

www.milwaukeepartnershipacademy.org/pubs/mps_strategic_plan_7-26-07.pdf

http://dpi.state.wi.us/lbstat/data.html https://apps2.dpi.wi.gov/sdpr/district-report.action http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/mps-scores-near

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