Special Education in Milwaukee Schools

Winter 2003

Special Ed figures for MPS, Voucher schools, and City of Milwaukee and UWM charter schools

INSTITUTION	ENROLLMENT ( 2002-03 )	SPECIAL ED ( 2002-03 )	PERCENT
Milwaukee Public Schools	97,293*	16,021	16%
Milwaukee Voucher Schools	11,209	Unknown**	Unknown
City of Milwaukee Charters
Downtown Montessori	54	0	0%
Darrell L. Hines Academy	222	1	.4%
Central City Cyberschool	334	15	4%
YW Global Career Academy	116	4	3%
Khamit Institute	78	1	1%
TOTAL	804	21	2.6%
UWM Charters
YMCA Youth Leadership Academy	506	26	5%
Urban League Academy	682	66	10%
School for Early Development and Achievement	31	13	42%
Milwaukee Academy of Science	878	74	8%
Marva Collins Preparatory School of Wisconsin	390	4	1%
TOTAL	2,487	183	7%

*Excludes 5,983 students in suburban schools under the Chapter 220 and Open Enrollment programs. Includes partnership, alternative, contracted and MPS charter schools.

**Private schools participating in the Milwaukee voucher program are not required to provide special education services or to publicly release information on the special education services they may choose to provide..

Special education data is from the Department of Public Instruction, available as a spreadsheet at http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/een/ccreports.html

Enrollment data is from the City of Milwaukee, UWM, MPS, and DPI..

Information on enrollment and percent special education for individual MPS schools (including charters, partnership and contract schools) is available for the 2001-02 school year from the MPS Office of Assessment and Accountability. The MPS website is: www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us.

Winter 2003