Vel R Phillips School
Wauwatosa · WI · Wauwatosa School District · Public · K-12 combined
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St Charles Education Center → Kradwell School → East High → West High → Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School → Milwaukee School of Languages → MacDowell Montessori School K3-12 → James E Dottke Project-Based Learning High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Vel R Phillips School compares for families
What families should know about Vel R Phillips School.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: St Charles Education Center, Kradwell School, East High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +12.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 139 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Charles Education Center Milwaukee |
Private | 1.4 | 18 | — |
| Kradwell School Wauwatosa |
Private | 1.7 | 59 | — |
| East High Wauwatosa |
Public | 1.8 | 1,043 | -3.3% |
| West High Wauwatosa |
Public | 1.9 | 986 | -7.8% |
| Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School Wauwatosa |
Private | 2.2 | 200 | +146.9% |
| Milwaukee School of Languages Milwaukee |
Public | 2.5 | 499 | -12.8% |
| MacDowell Montessori School K3-12 Milwaukee |
Public | 2.5 | 228 | -5.8% |
| James E Dottke Project-Based Learning High School West Allis |
Public | 2.6 | 168 | +28.2% |