Wisconsin · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Wisconsin

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Wisconsin, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

100.0%
Highest rate
100
Schools above 50%
100
Schools ranked

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The 100 Wisconsin schools listed here average 91.4% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 30.9%, and 100 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

91.4%
average across these 100 schools
30.9%
national school average
100.0%
highest rate (Vincent High)
100
schools above 50%
# School Absent %
1 Vincent High Milwaukee 100.0%
2 James Madison Academic Campus Milwaukee 100.0%
3 Whs Information Technology Milwaukee 100.0%
4 Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
5 Morse Mid Milwaukee 100.0%
6 North Division High Milwaukee 100.0%
7 Audubon Technology and Communication Middle Milwaukee 100.0%
8 Carson Academy Milwaukee 100.0%
9 Lancaster Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
10 Lincoln Middle Milwaukee 100.0%
11 Fifty-Third Street Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
12 Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning Milwaukee 100.0%
13 Roosevelt Middle Milwaukee 100.0%
14 Starms Discovery Milwaukee 100.0%
15 Townsend Street Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
16 Hartford Avenue Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
17 Thurston Woods Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
18 Northeast Wisconsin School of Innovation Green Bay 100.0%
19 Grandview High Milwaukee 100.0%
20 Racine Alternative Learning Racine 100.0%
21 Clarke Street Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
22 King International Baccalaureate Middle Milwaukee 100.0%
23 Beloit Learning Academy Beloit 100.0%
24 Auer Avenue Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
25 Jones Elementary Racine 100.0%
26 Sherman Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
27 Alliance School of Milwaukee Milwaukee 100.0%
28 Vel R Phillips School Wauwatosa 100.0%
29 John Dewey Academy of Learning Green Bay 100.0%
30 Capital High Madison 100.0%
31 Keefe Avenue Elementary Milwaukee 100.0%
32 Project Stay-Supporting Teachers and Youth Milwaukee 100.0%
33 Andrew S Douglas Middle Milwaukee 100.0%
34 Groppi High Milwaukee 100.0%
35 Shalom High Milwaukee 100.0%
36 Transition High Milwaukee 100.0%
37 Prairie Phoenix Academy Sun Prairie 100.0%
38 Dr Rosa Minoka-Hill School Green Bay 100.0%
39 Assata High Milwaukee 100.0%
40 Charles F Fernandez Center Alt Learning Stevens Point 100.0%
41 Mckinley Charter School Eau Claire 100.0%
42 Waukesha East Alternative School Waukesha 100.0%
43 Three Lakes Junior High Three Lakes 100.0%
44 Mckinley Academy Manitowoc 100.0%
45 Vincent Accelerated Academy Milwaukee 100.0%
46 Jerstad-Agerholm School Racine 99.2%
47 Reuther Central High Kenosha 98.3%
48 South Accelerated Academy Milwaukee 98.2%
49 Carver Academy Milwaukee 97.5%
50 Kenosha Eschool K-12 Kenosha 96.6%
51 Nova-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy Milwaukee 96.2%
52 Jackson Elementary Milwaukee 96.1%
53 Pulaski High Milwaukee 95.4%
54 Franklin Elementary Milwaukee 95.2%
55 Siefert Elementary Milwaukee 93.1%
56 Katherine Johnson Academy of Enriched Virtual Learning Green Bay 92.4%
57 Three Lakes Elementary Three Lakes 91.9%
58 Deeper Learning Virtual Academy West Allis 90.9%
59 Roosevelt Elementary Racine 90.8%
60 Bay View High Milwaukee 90.5%
61 Coulee Region Virtual Academy La Crosse 90.2%
62 Sugar Camp Elementary Rhinelander 90.1%
63 King Jr Elementary Milwaukee 89.5%
64 Brown Street Academy Milwaukee 89.4%
65 Three Lakes High Three Lakes 89.1%
66 Hi-Mount Elementary Milwaukee 88.6%
67 Riverwest Elementary Milwaukee 88.5%
68 Hillcrest School Kenosha 88.0%
69 Metcalfe Elementary Milwaukee 86.5%
70 South Division High Milwaukee 86.1%
71 Grantosa Drive Elementary Milwaukee 85.2%
72 Central High Sheboygan 84.7%
73 Hopkins Lloyd Community School Milwaukee 83.9%
74 Westside Academy Milwaukee 82.4%
75 Wedgewood Park School Milwaukee 81.9%
76 Holmes Elementary Milwaukee 81.9%
77 Story Elementary Milwaukee 80.5%
78 Lincoln Middle Kenosha 80.2%
79 Central City Cyberschool Milwaukee 79.9%
80 Emerson Elementary Milwaukee 79.7%
81 Thoreau Elementary Milwaukee 79.3%
82 Mitchell School Racine 78.4%
83 La Causa Charter School Milwaukee 78.1%
84 Congress Elementary Milwaukee 77.6%
85 Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus Milwaukee 77.4%
86 Gaenslen Elementary Milwaukee 76.9%
87 Shabazz-City High Madison 76.4%
88 Browning Elementary Milwaukee 76.3%
89 Park High Racine 76.1%
90 Mendota Elementary Madison 75.9%
91 Hampton Elementary Milwaukee 75.8%
92 Black Hawk Middle Madison 75.7%
93 Columbus Elementary Appleton 75.0%
94 Engleburg Elementary Milwaukee 74.8%
95 21st Century Preparatory School Racine 73.5%
96 Clemens Elementary Milwaukee 73.2%
97 Riverside High Milwaukee 72.7%
98 Weston Sr High School Cazenovia 72.1%
99 Lafollette Elementary Milwaukee 71.8%
100 Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language Milwaukee 71.7%
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts — Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts — Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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