Why are WINSS data reported by school type?
District and state data are reported by school type when school level data are available for the topic. This is because, for many topics, data vary significantly across school types. Identifying strengths and needs and possible explanations are critical steps in the school improvement process. Summary data combining data across school types are useful and are provided, but summary data tend to mask strengths and needs of a specific school type. Data about school types (elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools) are collected according to definitions provided in s. 115.01(2), Wis. Stats.. An “elementary/secondary combined” school (also known as “El/Sec”) is a school that generally offers instruction at elementary grade levels through grade 12 due, in most cases, to the size of the district or other need for nontraditional structure. Fewer schools are included in the “El/Sec” school type than any other type, and schools included tend to change from year to year, so data about El/
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