Technical Notes

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 County Overview
 
Data Sources:

Cradle to Career Outcomes
  •   Teaching Strategies Gold (TSG) Data
    • Self-reports from KUSD Early Learning and Westosha Head Start programs(All calculations were made by dividing the total number of students meeting or exceeding expectations by the total taking the exam)
  • Children Living with Food Insecurity ​Feeding America: Map-the-Meal-Gap
  • Clinical Care Rank County Health Rankings
  • Third Grade Reading Proficiency, Eighth Grade Math Proficiency, 4-Year high-school graduation rate, % of students enrolling in postsecondary WI Department of Public Instruction WISEDash Data File
  • % of population with postsecondary credential U.S. Census Bureau, 201p American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by County: Educational Attainment S1501
  • Unemployment rate in Kenosha County U.S. Census Bureau, 201p American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by County: Selected Economic Characteristics DP03

Our Population
Our Student Population
Cost of Living in Kenosha County
  • MIT Living Wage Calculator
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by County: Median Income in the past 12 months(in 2019 inflation adjusted dollars) S1903

Equity in Kenosha County
Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
 
Smart Beginnings

Data Sources:

Teaching Strategies Gold Data
  • Self-reports from KUSD and Westosha School District​

Health and Wellness
ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE Tracking
4K Enrollment
Child Care Quality and Capacity
Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
  • The number of ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE screens are reported through Help Me Grow Kenosha. This does not capture every screen being done in Kenosha, but rather every screen submitted to Help Me Grow's centralized database. Our goal is for all providers conducting ASQ screens to enroll in Help Me Grow Kenosha to get a more accurate picture of all children being screened in the county. 
  • Capacity is the maximum number of children that a childcare can accommodate, not necessarily the number of children who attend that childcare.
  • To participate in the WI YoungStar rating system, a childcare must be willing to accept a WI Shares child, or a child from an economically disadvantaged background, and agree to be a part of the YoungStar system.Once they are a part, training and funding can be available to the center

Academic Papers:
  • Heckman, James J. "Four big benefits of investing in early childhood development." (2015).
 
School Success

Data Sources:

Third Grade Reading and Eighth Grade Math Proficiency  Attendance/Absenteeism
Notes:
  • In some cases, Attendance and Absenteeism data for the 2019-20 school year may not be accurate due to adjusted reporting requirements as a result of building closures caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. To learn more about the requirements visit: https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/cst/Statewide_2019-20_Attendance_Data_Disclaimer.pdf
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
  • ELA, or English/Language Arts, is the section of the Forward exam that encompasses Reading, Writing, Language, and Listening. This replaced the singular “Reading” section included in the WKCE.
  • Habitual Truancy is defined as missing all or part of at least 5 days in a semester without an acceptable excuse.

Academic Papers:

  • Schorr, Lisbeth, and Marchand, Vicky. 2007. Pathway to Children Ready for School and Succeeding at Third Grade. Cambridge: Project on Effective Interventions at Harvard University.
  • Lesnick, Joy et al. 2010. Reading on Grade Level in Third Grade: How Is It Related to High School Performance and College Enrollment? Chicago: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
  • Hernandez, Donald. 2011. Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation. New York: Foundation for Child Development and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
  • Spielhagen, Frances. 2006. “Closing the Achievement Gap in Math: The Long-Term Effects of Eighth-Grade Algebra.” Journal of Advanced Academies, 18(1).
 
High School Completion

Data Sources:

Introduction
High School Completion and ACT Scores
Attendance and Absenteeism
  • Special request made to Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
 
Postsecondary Success and Career Prep

Data Sources:

Introduction
How many residents in Kenosha have a postsecondary degree?
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates(Table Name, ID):
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER, B15002
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (WHITE ALONE), B15002A
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN ALONE), B15002B
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE ALONE), B15002C
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (ASIAN ALONE), B15002D
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER ALONE), B15002E
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (SOME OTHER RACE ALONE), B15002F
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (TWO OR MORE RACES), B15002G
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (HISPANIC OR LATINO), B15002I

How many Kenosha high school graduates are enrolling in a postsecondary institution?
  • WI Department of Public Instruction WISEDash Data Files
    • Postsecondary Enrollment, Years 2009-10 through 2020-21

What are the retention and graduation rates for postsecondary institutions in the region?
  • Gateway Technical College, Institutional Effectiveness Division
  • University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Institutional Research Department
  • Cathage College, Institutional Research Department

​Notes:
  • For Gateway and Parkside data: In order to protect student privacy and/or provide more meaningful comparisons, data for other races/ethnicities are not reported due to small student population sizes.
  • The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate students. Gateway data for that group only includes students who are enrolled in a Pell Grant-eligible program.
  • In the ACS, "Hispanic or Latino origin" is not mutually exclusive of the other races/ethnicities listed (unless otherwise noted), unlinked race/ethnicity data from Gateway and Parkside.
  • Latest data points in the Parkside graduation tabs are preliminary.
  • For more data on UW-Parkside enrollment, visit the University of Wisconsin System Access Accountability Dashboard.
  • For more data on UW-Parkside retention and graduation, visit the University of Wisconsin System Progress and Completion Accountability Dashboard.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.

Academic Papers:


Housing in Kenosha

Data Sources:

Housing Costs and Cost-Burden 
Homeowner Demographics
​Income and Earnings

Student Homelessness
Evictions​
Redlining History
​Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Homeownership rate refers to the percent of all housing units occupied by that race/ethnicity in Kenosha County that are owner-occupied.
  • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines affordable housing as housing in which the occupant is paying no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs, including utilities.

Teaching in Wisconsin

Data Sources:

Student-Teacher Ratios
Out-of-Field and Inexperienced Teachers
Teaching Degrees
Notes:
  • For purposes of Student-Teacher ratio analysis, only "Assignment Position" of "53-Teacher" from DPI's All Staff report are included

Academic Papers:
  • Scherer, Ethan, Cleveland, Christopher, 2022, The Effects of Teacher-Student Demographic Matching on Social-Emotional Learning. (EdWorkingPaper: 21-399)
  • Gershenson, Seth, M.D. Hart, Cassandra, Hyman, Joshua, Constance, Lindsay, Papageorge, Nicholas W., 2021, The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
  • Wenglinsky, Harold, 2000 "How Teaching Matters: Bringing the Classroom Back Into Discussions of Teacher Quality" 

FAFSA Completions

Data Sources:

FAFSA Completion Counts Senior Enrollment
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