Woodlands School - State Street Campus is a public charter elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with 257 students. The school is part of the Woodlands School Inc. district, which is ranked 395 out of 428 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Woodlands School - State Street Campus consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin elementary schools, with only 5.56% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 4.55% of 4th-grade students and 9.52% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in mathematics, compared to state averages of 52.07%, 55.05%, and 53.29%, respectively. The school serves a predominantly low-income, African American student population, with 20.23% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a ranking of 113 out of 137 Wisconsin elementary schools for African American students. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 41.4% and a dropout rate of 7.2%, both significantly higher than state and district averages.
Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language, Bethune Academy, and Highland Community School, also struggle academically, with most ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Wisconsin elementary schools. However, Highland Community School, a public charter school, outperforms the other nearby schools and Woodlands School - State Street Campus across most academic measures, suggesting that the charter school model may be more effective in this area.
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Students at Woodlands School - State Street Campus are 70% African American, 13% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% Asian.
Woodlands School - State Street Campus ranks in the bottom 6.5% of Wisconsin elementary schools.
In the 2023-24 school year, 198 students attended Woodlands School - State Street Campus.