Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Background Information
Each year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) generates a District Report Card and School Report Card for every publicly funded district and school in the state of Wisconsin. The purpose of these report cards is to share how the Franklin Public Schools are performing with families and the community by providing data on certain topics.

The breakdown of the report cards centers on four priority areas on which schools and districts are scored: 

• Achievement: Measures how students performed on state assessments using a points-based proficiency system. This score is a multi-year weighted average of English Language Arts and Mathematics subscores.  
• Growth: The Growth priority area measures changes in student performance over time using a value-added methodology.  The scoring of the Growth area is normative, meaning that students are compared to similar students across the state. 
• Target Group Outcomes: This area examines outcomes over multiple years for students with the lowest test scores. This helps us to focus on learners who need the most support while also improving outcomes for all students.   
• On-Track to Graduation: This priority area indicates how successfully students are progressing toward completing their K-12 education. The score combines component scores for measures of student engagement and achievement. 

Each report card includes an overall Accountability Rating, assigned on a scale from 0 to 100.  Based on its overall score, a district or school also receives one of five ratings, from Fails to Meet Expectations to Significantly Exceeds Expectations, as well as a rating of one to five stars. The following is a table for the Accountability Ratings of the state-level report cards. These ratings have been updated for the 2024-2025 school year. DPI has shared this “What’s New for 2024-2025 Report Cards” resource to support understanding of the latest updates.

 

Accountability Rating Category	Score	Range
	Minimum	Maximum
Significantly Exceeds Expectations (5 stars)	84.0	100
Exceeds Expectations (4 stars)	71.0	83.9
Meets Expectations (3 stars)	60.0	70.9
Meets Few Expectations (2 stars)	49.0	59.9
Fails to Meet Expectations (1 star)	0	48.9

There are seven schools that factor into the Franklin Public School District report card scores, including Franklin High School, Forest Park Middle School, and our five elementary schools.  While maintained and operated by FPS, the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center School is not factored into the district score. Report cards can be viewed via the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction website, or they are all linked up at the bottom of this page.  

For a list of educational options available for residents in our district, please see our annual notifications information here.  

If you have any questions, please contact your school principal.

 

2024-25 State Report Cards

Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center (CRC) Report Card
Alternate Rating: Satisfactory Progress

* Franklin High School was featured in this article (copy here) as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Milwaukee County!

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PAST REPORT CARDS
Click here for the folder of 2023-24 Report Cards
Click here for the folder of 2022-23 Report Cards
Click here for the folder of 2021-22 Report Cards
Click here for the folder of 2020-21 Report Cards
Click here to visit the DPI website and view past report cards

District and school data related to test results, graduation, attendance, and other academic indicators can also be found on the Department of Public Instruction website at http://wisedash.dpi.wi.gov/Dashboard/portalHome.jsp 

If you do not have home web access, visit the Franklin Public Library or contact your school building for access to a district computer. For more information or assistance, please call the district office at 414-529-8220.