[Madison, Wisc…] A new report by the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy shows that more than seventy five percent of Milwaukee’s K-12 students actually exercise some form of educational choice every year.
“Critics have characterized School Choice as a temporary experiment, one that should be feared by parents and the public,” said MacIver President Brett Healy. “Our research shows that in fact school choice in the broadest sense — parents rejecting the arbitrarily assigned neighborhood public school for a different school — is a fundamental part of Milwaukee’s educational landscape.”
The MacIver Educational Choice Census reveals that 87,191 of the 115,022 Milwaukee school children are educated in a place other than their traditional, geographically-assigned public school.
Total K-12 population in City of Milwaukee 115,022
| Milwaukee 2009 Enrollment | Total Students | % of Total Student Population |
| Traditional Public Schools | 27,831 | 24.20% |
| Charter Schools | 17,612 | 15.31% |
| Public Online Charter (Virtual) Schools | 977 | 0.85% |
| Open Enrollment public school transfers | 4,562 | 3.97% |
| Chapter 220 public school transfers | ||
| -Interdistrict Transfers | 2,720 | 2.36% |
| -Intradistrict Transfers | 24,796 | 21.56% |
| Three-Choice Enrollment* | 6,883 | 5.98% |
| Private Schools | 28,893 | 25.12% |
| Homeschooling | 748 | 0.65% |
| Students Exercising Choice | 87,191 | 75.80% |
| *Estimate based on MPS reporting of students attending neighborhood schools (District Communications Plan May 2008 – Revised 11.25.09) Read More |
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