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Significant increases in schools participating in Special Needs Scholarship Program, and others October 16, 2025 (BROOKFIELD, Wis.) — Data released today by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) highlight historic growth in the state’s private school parental choice programs. More than 60,000 students are enrolled in one of the state’s four choice programs – a record-breaking total that has nearly doubled in the past decade. “Parents are speaking loudly and clearly about what they want for their children: more educational options different than those offered by public schools. Lawmakers in Madison should continue to prioritize protecting these private-school options for…
October 2, 2025 (BROOKFIELD, Wis.) — The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) last week released the annual state testing results. The scores demonstrate once again that students in the state’s private school choice programs continue to outperform their public school peers. Continuing a record dating to the late 2010s, private-choice students scored higher, on average, on state tests than comparable groups of public school students. Furthermore, choice students outscored all public students on the college-readiness ACT exam. Attached tables show that: On every comparison, choice students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) and Racine Parental Choice Program (RPCP) outscored…
Private School Choice in Wisconsin Delivers – Stronger Results, Lower Cost Official data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) show that schools in the state’s private school choice programs continue to outperform their public school peers while operating with substantially less funding. In 2023-24, DPI Report Card scores for the Milwaukee, Racine, and statewide Wisconsin Parental Choice Programs were all higher than the scores for the corresponding public school districts. Yet, per-pupil revenue in choice schools was thousands of dollars less. “DPI gives choice schools higher Report Card scores even though they receive substantially less revenue,” said Brenda…