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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001317
La Causa Charter School
1643 S 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204 · (414) 902-1660 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
486 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.8% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 15.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like La Causa Charter School
La Causa Charter School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Causa Charter School this school | 558 | 87.1% | 18.3% |
| ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes Milwaukee | 593 | 87.0% | 29.7% |
| Greenfield Bilingual Milwaukee | 556 | 85.6% | 22.0% |
| Hayes Bilingual School Milwaukee | 670 | 86.0% | 17.4% |
| Rogers Street Academy Milwaukee | 570 | 93.0% | 19.5% |
| Arcadia Elementary Arcadia | 531 | 82.7% | 31.6% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where La Causa Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #907 of 982 | #110 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #930 of 992 ▼ 8 | #125 of 174 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #897 of 992 ▲ 35 | #103 of 174 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #89 of 1,157 | #24 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #697 of 901 | #68 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.7% | #894 of 901 | #154 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #78 of 1,064 | #67 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #89 of 664 | #28 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
558
-134 (-19%) vs 2020
+293% since 2000-01, when it was 142
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 87% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 92% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 88% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 89% (613) |
| 2017-18 | 788 | 7 | 112.6:1 | 93% (736) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 36 | 22.2:1 | 89% (713) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | N/A | N/A | 92% (584) |
| 2000-01 | 142 | N/A | N/A | 69% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Causa Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (788 to 558); teachers up 429% (7 to 37).
About La Causa Charter School
This page covers La Causa Charter School, a large elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Enrolled students number 558 students, in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 73% higher than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, which is about 323.
Milwaukee School District serves 65,835 students across 155 schools.
La Causa Charter School enrolls a student body that is 96% Hispanic. It is also 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Milwaukee County is roughly 17% Hispanic. La Causa Charter School has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
La Causa Charter School operates with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.1:1. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is about 14.7:1. La Causa Charter School reports 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 23 points above the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
The allk12 Grade for La Causa Charter School is D. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.2% for La Causa Charter School. The school posts 18.3%, 6.0 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Milwaukee County show that median household income is about $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 284 public schools operate in Milwaukee County, serving about 122,496 students.
Allen-Field Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, La Causa Charter School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
La Causa Charter School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. La Causa Charter School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 692 to 558. Students per teacher fell from 18.2 in 2020-21 to 15.1 in 2024-25.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Allen-Field Elementary0.4 mi · 451
- United Community Center Acosta Middle School0.6 mi · 188
- Hayes Bilingual School0.6 mi · 670
- Vieau Elementary0.7 mi · 713
- Bruce Guadalupe0.7 mi · 1,364
- Bradley Technology High0.8 mi · 1,048
Frequently asked questions
About La Causa Charter SchoolHow many students attend La Causa Charter School?
La Causa Charter School enrolls approximately 558 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does La Causa Charter School serve?
La Causa Charter School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at La Causa Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at La Causa Charter School is approximately 15.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is La Causa Charter School?
La Causa Charter School reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees La Causa Charter School?
La Causa Charter School is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.