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School Choice Status  
K-12 Public Schools and Students (2001-2002)
K-12 Public School Teachers (2001-2002)
K-12 Private Schools
K-12 Public and Private School Student Academic Performance
Summary
Background
State School Report Card
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Wisconsin

 

School Choice Status

  • Public school choice: Interdistrict mandatory
  • State constitution: Blaine amendment and compelled-support language
  • Charter school law: Established 1993
    Strength of law: Strong
    Number of charter schools in operation (2005): 160
    Number of students enrolled in charter schools (2005): 28,073
  • Publicly funded private school choice: Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
  • Home-school law: Low regulation

K-12 Public Schools and Students (2002-2003)

  • Public school enrollment : 881,231
  • Students enrolled per teacher (2001-2002): 14.7
  • Number of schools (2000-2001): 2,180
  • Number of districts: 426
  • Current expenditures: $7,934,755,000
  • Current per-pupil expenditure: $9,004
  • Amount of revenue from the federal government: 4.8%

K-12 Public School Teachers (2002-2003)

  • Number of teachers: 59,442
  • Average salary: $41,617

K-12 Private Schools (2001-2002)

  • Private school enrollment: 141,812
  • Number of schools: 1,066
  • Number of teachers: 10,424

K-12 Public and Private School Student Academic Performance

  • NAEP test results:
 

NAEP Tests
Wisconsin Student
Performance

State (National)
2005 Math
Scale = 0-500

State (National)
2005 Science
Scale = 0-300



State (National)
2005 Reading
Scale = 0-500

 

 

4th Grade

8th Grade

4th Grade

8th Grade

4th Grade

8th Grade

Average Scale Score

241 (237)

285 (278)

158 (151)

158 (149)

221 (217)

266 (260)

Advanced

5% (5%)

7% (6%)

3% (3%)

5% (3%)

7% (7%)

3% (3%)

Proficient

35% (30%)

29% (23%)

32% (29%)

34% (29%)

26% (23%)

31% (26%)

Basic

43% (44%)

40% (39%)

42% (68%)

32% (59%)

34% (33%)

42% (42%)

Below Basic

16% (21%)

24% (32%)

23% (32%)

30% (41%)

33% (38%)

23% (29%)

 

State Contacts

Institute for the Transformation of Learning
Dr. Howard Fuller, Founder and Director
Marquette University
750 North 18th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-2109
Phone: (414) 288-5775
Fax: (414) 288-6199
Website: www.itlmuonline.com/
E-mail: howard@baeo.org

Milwaukee Chapter, Black Alliance for Educational Options
Deborah McGriff, Board Chair
3290 North 44th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53216
Phone: (414) 444-6086
Fax: www.baeo.org
E-mail: dmmcgriff@aol.com

Partners Advancing Values in Education (PAVE)
Mr. Dan McKinley, President and CEO
135 W. Wells St.
Suite 850
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: (414) 263-2970
Fax: 414-263-2975
Website: www.pave.org
E-mail: dan@pave.org

School Choice Wisconsin
Susan Mitchell, President
2025 North Summit Avenue, Suite 103
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 319-9160
Fax: (414) 765-0220
Website: www.SchoolChoiceInfo.org; www.SchoolChoiceWI.org
E-mail: SCW@parentchoice.org; mitchell@parentchoice.org

Wisconsin Christian Home Educators Association  
P. O. Box 320458
Franklin, WI 53132
Phone: (414) 425-6324
Website: www.wisconsinchea.com
E-mail: jang@wisconsinchea.com

Wisconsin Policy Research Institute  
P.O. Box 487
Thiensville, WI 53092
Phone: (262) 242-6409
Fax: (262) 242-6459
Website: www.wpri.org
E-mail: wpri@wpri.org

Wisconson State CAPE
Dr. G. Brett Arnold, Executive Director
Wisconsin Council of Religious & Independent Schools
437 South Yellowstone Dr, Suite 205
Madison, WI 53719
Phone: (608) 204-0790
Fax: (608) 204-0796
E-mail: gbarnold@wcris.org