County Overview
 

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, 2019 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
 Kenosha County's Workforce
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2018 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics OnTheMap (To see Kenosha County census tract information, enter Kenosha, WI into search tab, choose 'Census Tracts' from the dropdown menu underneath, and select 'Perform Analysis on Selection Area for results)
  • U.S. Census Bureau Geographic Spatial Files
  • Census Tracts

Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “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

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Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “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 screens are self-reports from the agencies currently agreeing to provide information. We are aware that more screens have been done, but, to get to our eventual goal of screening every child and identifying areas of opportunity, these screens not only need to happen, but need to be in a centralized database.
  • 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
 
School Success

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Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “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.
 
High School Completion

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Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “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

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​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.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.







Housing in Kenosha

Sources:
  • Housing Costs and Cost-Burden 
    • ​U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (Table Name, ID)
      • GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, B25070
      • DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS, S2502
  • Homeowner Demographics
    • ​​U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (Table Name, ID)​
      • SELECTED HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS, DP04
  • Income and Earnings
    • ​​U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (Table Name, ID)
      • ​MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2019 INFLATION ADJUSTED DOLLARS), S1903
      • MEDIAN EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2019 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) BY SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER, B20004
  • Low-Income Housing Units
  • Student Homelessness
  • Evictions
  • Kenosha County Impact 211
    • ​United Way of Kenosha County
  • 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.

Academic Papers

¹ Heckman, James J. "Four big benefits of investing in early childhood development." (2015).
² 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.
³ 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.
⁴ 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.
⁵ Spielhagen, Frances. 2006. “Closing the Achievement Gap in Math: The Long-Term Effects of Eighth-Grade Algebra.” Journal of Advanced Academies, 18(1).
⁶ U.S. Census Bureau. (2010), http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0232.pdf
7 Carnevale, Anthony P., Cheah, Ban, Wenzinger, Emma, "The College Payoff" (2021). https://bit.ly/3FNvgKm

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