The Data: High School Success

Our interactive dashboards offer a look at the challenges and opportunities shaping young people’s lives, with a focus on opportunity youth and mental health. By highlighting key data points, we aim to support informed decision-making that improves student well-being and long-term success.

These tools highlight risk factors, strengths and solutions to better serve our youth and create pathways for a brighter future.

Youth Adult Equity

Where does your organization land on the ladder?

Reimagining High School Success

Going beyond grades to discover how our students are faring.

Our Solutions

Addressing the challenges faced by youth requires a strategic and collaborative approach. This section highlights evidence-based solutions and promising practices aimed at improving outcomes for youth, particularly those identified as opportunity youth. By focusing on targeted interventions, community partnerships, and youth-centered initiatives, these solutions aim to reduce risk behaviors, increase engagement, and create pathways to long-term success. 

Join the Youth Forward Milwaukee Coalition, a diverse local partnership focused on improving the success trajectory of Black male youth. We aim to create space for, build relationships with and shift power to young people in Milwaukee in order to achieve more equitable outcomes.

The youth leadership and development directory lists organizations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and throughout the country that either have leadership councils or offer leadership development opportunities for young people.

The Autonomous Youth Council aims to recruit, train and position local youth within decision-making bodies. This includes boards and leadership tables across Milwaukee, as well as more informal structures. In these roles, youth will have the power to influence decisions that affect them and speak up for what they need.