Nearly half of Wisconsin’s lowest-performing schools are located on Milwaukee’s north side, according to a new report.
City Forward Collective analyzed Wisconsin’s schools and found that only 18 percent of the 55,000 students living on the city’s north side attend “high quality” schools.
Milwaukee schools serve only 10 percent of Wisconsin’s school-age children, but 57 percent of the state’s Black students. The vast majority of those students either live or attend school on the city’s north side…