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Madison Metropolitan School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns

Serves Madison, Shorewood Hills and Maple Bluff, and parts of Fitchburg and Blooming Grove.

Madison’s School Grade C better than 29% of Wisconsin school districts

Students
25,155
Schools
53
Spent per student
$18,827
WI $16,459
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
46%
Debt
$268.3M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Madison Metropolitan School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 29% of Wisconsin districts
  • Spends 14% more per student than the WI average
  • 12 students per teacher
  • Debt of $268.3M, about $10,664 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 29% of the 441 Wisconsin school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math below the state, 2021–22
C+
GraduationFour-year graduation below the state, class of 2023
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Madison. Grade by grade →

PK–528 elementary schoolsThis district
6–811 middle schoolsThis district
9–124 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. WI

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency35%
State average 38.7% · 11,590 students tested
Reading / language arts38%
State average 38.1% · 11,453 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)86%
State average 90.5% · 2,074 in the class

92% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$18,827 per student · 14% above WI
Spending
Classroom instruction 56%Support & administration 42%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 59%State 29%Federal 12%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
26,151’20
25,497’21
25,237’22
25,247’23
25,155’24

Down 3.8% since 2020–21.

Students
White 39%Hispanic 26%Black 18%Two or more races 10%Asian 7%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

53 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools.

Cesar Chavez Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B−
631 students12:1
Leopold Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
D
626 students10:1
4K PK Off Site
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Madison
619 students13:1
Kennedy Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
C
582 students11:1
Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B−
462 students10:1
Olson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Verona
B
462 students11:1
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
C
455 students10:1
Stephens Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B+
447 students10:1
Huegel Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B
417 students11:1
Elvehjem Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B
415 students14:1
Sandburg Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
410 students10:1
Thoreau Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B−
403 students11:1
Lincoln Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
C
393 students11:1
Muir Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B
377 students10:1
Midvale Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Madison
372 students10:1
Shorewood Hills Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
A+
368 students12:1
Hawthorne Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
C−
360 students10:1
Southside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
D
336 students10:1
Lowell Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
A
329 students12:1
Nuestro Mundo
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Monona
C−
311 students11:1
Franklin Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Madison
308 students13:1
Emerson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
A−
297 students10:1
Crestwood Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
A−
293 students12:1
Mendota Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
D
282 students10:1
Orchard Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
B−
265 students11:1
Gompers Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
C
217 students9:1
Lapham Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Madison
182 students8:1
Lindbergh Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Madison
D−
180 students10:1
Van Hise Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Madison
A+
396 students14:1
Schenk Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Madison
C−
394 students9:1
Lake View Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Madison
D
292 students9:1
Randall Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Madison
A+
320 students15:1
Marquette Elementary
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Madison
A
169 students11:1
Metro School
Other · Grades 4–12 · Madison
12 students2:1
Hamilton Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
A+
790 students14:1
Sennett Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
D
570 students12:1
Cherokee Heights Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
C+
526 students11:1
Toki Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
C+
487 students10:1
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
C
462 students11:1
O'Keeffe Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
B
434 students12:1
Whitehorse Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
D
415 students13:1
Sherman Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
C−
400 students11:1
Black Hawk Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
D
300 students9:1
Spring Harbor Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
B−
269 students12:1
James Wright Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
D
245 students10:1
Badger Rock Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
B
92 students9:1
West High
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
A
2,222 students16:1
Vel Phillips Memorial High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
A−
2,004 students16:1
East High
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
B−
1,643 students15:1
LaFollette High
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
C−
1,541 students15:1
Innovative High
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
138 students8:1
Capital High
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
D
129 students9:1
Shabazz-City High
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
C−
106 students7:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Wisconsin.