Twenty-two of Wisconsin’s 50 lowest-performing schools are concentrated on Milwaukee’s North Side, according to a comprehensive new analysis released today by City Forward Collective (CFC). The report, Milwaukee’s North Side Education Crisis: A Generation of Failure Demands Action, reveals that only 18% of North Side students — among the nearly 55,000 enrolled — attend schools meeting City Forward Collective’s definition of high quality, making the area ground zero for Wisconsin’s largest-in-the-nation Black-White academic achievement gaps. Dr. Howard Fuller, former Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent, said the findings demand urgent action: “For decades, we have failed to ensure that our children on the North Side of Milwaukee get the quality education they need and deserve. The data contained in this document is DEVASTATING! The question is, when will we muster the political will to change this unacceptable reality for our children? It’s time to quit making excuses and living in denial. We MUST act NOW!”
Read the full report below:
CFC North Side Education Crisis Brief