School Report Cards Released Tuesday: Here Is How Wauwatosa Did

WAUWATOSA, WI — School report cards released Tuesday by the State Department of Public Instruction show that the Wauwatosa School District "exceeds expectations."

Wauwatosa had a variety of star performers this year, including four elementary schools, a Montessori school and a local STEM academy that garnered the state's top tier.

Scores are calculated for each of the following priority areas on the state report card:
• Student Achievement proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics on state assessments
• Student Growth measured by year-to-year improvements in achievement
• Closing Gaps in performance between specific student groups (comparing English language learners, low-income students, students with disabilities, and members of a racial or an ethnic group with their peers)
• On-Track and Postsecondary Readiness is a measurement using reliable predictors of high school graduation and potential post high school success

District

Wauwatosa 78.5 Exceeds Expectations

Schools

Fails to Meet Expectations (1)

Wauwatosa Virtual Academy 32.2 Fails to Meet Expectations

Meets Few Expectations (0)

Meets Expectations (2)

Madison Elementary 71.3 Meets Expectations

Plank Road Complex AR Alternate Rating - Satisfactory Progress

Exceeds Expectations (8)

Longfellow Middle 73.2 Exceeds Expectations
Underwood Elementary 73.2 Exceeds Expectations
West High 73.4 Exceeds Expectations
Whitman Middle 75.1 Exceeds Expectations
Eisenhower Elementary 75.5 Exceeds Expectations
East High 76.1 Exceeds Expectations
Wilson Elementary 77.2 Exceeds Expectations
Washington Elementary 78.3 Exceeds Expectations

Significantly Exceeds Expectations (6)

Jefferson Elementary 85.1 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
McKinley Elementary 85.8 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Roosevelt Elementary 87 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Wauwatosa Montessori School 91.9 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Lincoln Elementary 92.7 Significantly Exceeds Expectations
Wauwatosa STEM 98.1 Significantly Exceeds Expectations

All Wisconsin Districts Get Passing Grade

Overall, 361 public and private school report cards earned five-star ratings, 719 had four stars, 643 had three stars, 261 had two stars, and 117 schools earned one star. On district level report cards, 44 districts earned five-star ratings, 190 had four stars, 166 earned three stars, and 20 had two stars.

There were 152 report cards for 140 private choice schools that are not rated because there was insufficient data. This is the second year that choice schools were included in report cards and the second year the schools could opt to have both a choice student and an all student report cards.

How Report Cards Are Calculated

Accountability ratings are calculated on four priority areas: student achievement in English language arts and mathematics, school growth, closing gaps between student groups, and measures of postsecondary readiness, which includes graduation and attendance rates, third-grade English language arts achievement, and eighth-grade mathematics achievement.

Schools and districts could have point deductions for missing targets for student engagement: absenteeism must be less than 13 percent and dropout rates must be less than 6 percent.

The 2016-17 report cards use data from a variety of sources, including information reported through WISEdash and two years of Forward and one year of Badger testing as well as three years ACT Plus Writing and Dynamic Learning Maps testing for growth calculations.

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