Madison Metropolitan School District
Public school district based in Madison, Wisconsin. NCES district ID 5508520; state ID WI-3269.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
54
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
25,155
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
2,114.5
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
11.9
Charter schoolsDefinition
2
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 1,586 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,753 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,829 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,778 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,804 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,779 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,841 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,664 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,655 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,671 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,814 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,878 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,898 | |
| Grade 12 | 2,204 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 7.2% | |
| Black or African American | 18.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 25.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 9.6% | |
| White | 38.7% | |
| Not Specified | 0.5% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.1% | |
| Male | 51.4% | |
| Not Specified | 0.5% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 52, Suburb 2.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West High Madison | 9–12 | Regular | 2,222 | 137.3 | 16.2 | City: Large |
| Vel Phillips Memorial High School Madison | 9–12 | Regular | 2,004 | 127.1 | 15.8 | City: Large |
| East High Madison | 9–12 | Regular | 1,643 | 106.3 | 15.5 | City: Large |
| LaFollette High Madison | 9–12 | Regular | 1,541 | 104.3 | 14.8 | City: Large |
| Hamilton Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 790 | 54.5 | 14.5 | City: Large |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 631 | 52.6 | 12 | City: Large |
| Leopold Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 626 | 61.9 | 10.1 | City: Large |
| 4K PK Off Site Madison | PK | Regular | 619 | 47.0 | 13.2 | City: Large |
| Kennedy Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 582 | 53.2 | 10.9 | City: Large |
| Sennett Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 570 | 46.7 | 12.2 | City: Large |
| Cherokee Heights Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 526 | 46.6 | 11.3 | City: Large |
| Toki Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 487 | 49.4 | 9.9 | City: Large |
| Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 462 | 45.1 | 10.2 | City: Large |
| Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 462 | 40.5 | 11.4 | City: Large |
| Olson Elementary Verona | PK–5 | Regular | 462 | 42.2 | 10.9 | City: Large |
| Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 455 | 43.4 | 10.5 | City: Large |
| Stephens Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 447 | 43.1 | 10.4 | City: Large |
| O'Keeffe Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 434 | 37.1 | 11.7 | City: Large |
| Huegel Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 417 | 38.6 | 10.8 | City: Large |
| Elvehjem Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 415 | 30.5 | 13.6 | City: Large |
| Whitehorse Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 415 | 32.7 | 12.7 | City: Large |
| Sandburg Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 410 | 40.0 | 10.3 | City: Large |
| Thoreau Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 403 | 36.7 | 11 | City: Large |
| Sherman Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 400 | 36.2 | 11 | City: Large |
| Van Hise Elementary Madison | K–5 | Regular | 396 | 28.4 | 13.9 | City: Large |
| Schenk Elementary Madison | K–5 | Regular | 394 | 41.9 | 9.4 | City: Large |
| Lincoln Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 393 | 36.2 | 10.8 | City: Large |
| Muir Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 377 | 37.4 | 10.1 | City: Large |
| Midvale Elementary Madison | PK–2 | Regular | 372 | 35.5 | 10.5 | City: Large |
| Shorewood Hills Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 368 | 31.9 | 11.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Hawthorne Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 360 | 35.2 | 10.2 | City: Large |
| Southside Elementary School Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 336 | 34.7 | 9.7 | City: Large |
| Lowell Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 329 | 27.9 | 11.8 | City: Large |
| Randall Elementary School Madison | 3–5 | Regular | 320 | 21.6 | 14.8 | City: Large |
| Nuestro MundoCharter Monona | PK–5 | Regular | 311 | 28.0 | 11.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Franklin Elementary Madison | PK–2 | Regular | 308 | 23.1 | 13.3 | City: Large |
| Black Hawk Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 300 | 34.4 | 8.7 | City: Large |
| Emerson Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 297 | 29.8 | 10 | City: Large |
| Crestwood Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 293 | 24.8 | 11.8 | City: Large |
| Lake View Elementary Madison | K–5 | Regular | 292 | 32.7 | 8.9 | City: Large |
| Mendota Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 282 | 29.4 | 9.6 | City: Large |
| Spring Harbor Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 269 | 22.2 | 12.1 | City: Large |
| Orchard Ridge Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 265 | 23.4 | 11.3 | City: Large |
| James Wright Middle Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 245 | 25.4 | 9.6 | City: Large |
| Gompers Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 217 | 23.9 | 9.1 | City: Large |
| Lapham Elementary Madison | PK–2 | Regular | 182 | 22.7 | 8 | City: Large |
| Lindbergh Elementary Madison | PK–5 | Regular | 180 | 18.2 | 9.9 | City: Large |
| Marquette Elementary Madison | 3–5 | Regular | 169 | 15.2 | 11.2 | City: Large |
| Innovative High Madison | 9–12 | Alternative | 138 | 17.5 | 7.9 | City: Large |
| Capital High Madison | 9–12 | Alternative | 129 | 14.9 | 8.7 | City: Large |
| Shabazz-City High Madison | 9–12 | Alternative | 106 | 14.6 | 7.3 | City: Large |
| Badger Rock MiddleCharter Madison | 6–8 | Regular | 92 | 9.8 | 9.4 | City: Large |
| Metro School Madison | 4–12 | Alternative | 12 | 6.0 | 2 | City: Large |
| Innovative and Alternative Middle Madison | 6–8 | Alternative | 0 | 15.0 | — | City: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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