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The most racially diverse public schools in Madison, Wisconsin

Across Madison, Wisconsin, 43 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Hawthorne Elementary leads the list at 77.4%, against a median of 69.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Madison, Wisconsin

Top Diversity index

77.4%

Median Diversity index

69.0%

MOST DIVERSE · MADISON, WISCONSIN

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Hawthorne Elementary	Madison, WI	360	77.4%	18.1%(65)	25.0%(90)	32.5%(117)	10.6%(38)
2	Black Hawk Middle	Madison, WI	300	76.9%	21.7%(65)	31.0%(93)	24.3%(73)	12.3%(37)
3	Muir Elementary	Madison, WI	377	75.2%	32.1%(121)	31.6%(119)	9.8%(37)	15.1%(57)
4	Sherman Middle	Madison, WI	400	75.2%	28.8%(115)	24.0%(96)	30.5%(122)	6.3%(25)
5	East High	Madison, WI	1,643	74.9%	34.2%(562)	22.6%(371)	25.3%(415)	6.8%(112)
6	Whitehorse Middle	Madison, WI	415	74.8%	26.8%(111)	31.6%(131)	24.8%(103)	4.8%(20)
7	Lake View Elementary	Madison, WI	292	74.7%	8.9%(26)	18.1%(53)	27.7%(81)	35.3%(103)
8	LaFollette High	Madison, WI	1,541	74.3%	27.4%(423)	22.3%(344)	34.1%(525)	5.7%(88)
9	Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School	Madison, WI	462	74.1%	25.8%(119)	19.3%(89)	37.7%(174)	6.5%(30)
10	Schenk Elementary	Madison, WI	394	73.7%	29.4%(116)	20.1%(79)	35.0%(138)	5.1%(20)
11	Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	Madison, WI	455	73.6%	34.5%(157)	18.5%(84)	30.8%(140)	5.5%(25)
12	Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School	Madison, WI	462	73.3%	28.4%(131)	16.9%(78)	37.5%(173)	7.4%(34)
13	Toki Middle	Madison, WI	487	72.6%	43.1%(210)	18.5%(90)	18.5%(90)	10.5%(51)
14	Sennett Middle	Madison, WI	570	72.6%	28.3%(161)	13.7%(78)	39.3%(224)	5.8%(33)
15	Vel Phillips Memorial High School	Madison, WI	2,004	72.6%	40.4%(810)	15.3%(306)	26.3%(527)	8.6%(172)
16	Orchard Ridge Elementary	Madison, WI	265	71.5%	40.4%(107)	26.4%(70)	18.9%(50)	2.3%(6)
17	Kennedy Elementary	Madison, WI	582	71.4%	29.9%(174)	40.9%(238)	10.7%(62)	7.0%(41)
18	Stephens Elementary	Madison, WI	447	70.9%	41.8%(187)	11.6%(52)	29.8%(133)	8.3%(37)
19	4K PK Off Site	Madison, WI	619	70.5%	44.1%(273)	19.4%(120)	23.1%(143)	4.0%(25)
20	Emerson Elementary	Madison, WI	297	70.2%	43.1%(128)	26.9%(80)	14.8%(44)	2.4%(7)
21	Gompers Elementary	Madison, WI	217	69.0%	47.5%(103)	19.8%(43)	17.1%(37)	3.2%(7)
22	Sandburg Elementary	Madison, WI	410	69.0%	18.5%(76)	14.4%(59)	48.5%(199)	5.4%(22)
23	Cesar Chavez Elementary	Madison, WI	631	68.5%	46.6%(294)	10.9%(69)	27.3%(172)	7.5%(47)
24	Lincoln Elementary	Madison, WI	393	68.5%	38.2%(150)	9.9%(39)	38.7%(152)	6.6%(26)
25	Mendota Elementary	Madison, WI	282	68.5%	16.3%(46)	49.3%(139)	14.2%(40)	3.5%(10)
26	Cherokee Heights Middle	Madison, WI	526	67.8%	36.9%(194)	10.8%(57)	40.5%(213)	4.2%(22)
27	Leopold Elementary	Madison, WI	626	67.6%	20.3%(127)	20.4%(128)	48.1%(301)	2.6%(16)
28	West High	Madison, WI	2,222	67.6%	48.2%(1,072)	10.4%(231)	24.9%(553)	7.4%(165)
29	Midvale Elementary	Madison, WI	372	67.4%	44.4%(165)	10.2%(38)	33.3%(124)	4.6%(17)
30	Shorewood Hills Elementary	Madison, WI	368	67.3%	47.5%(175)	4.1%(15)	9.5%(35)	28.3%(104)
31	Southside Elementary School	Madison, WI	336	66.7%	12.5%(42)	26.2%(88)	49.1%(165)	3.9%(13)
32	Elvehjem Elementary	Madison, WI	415	66.4%	52.5%(218)	12.3%(51)	14.7%(61)	5.5%(23)
33	Huegel Elementary	Madison, WI	417	65.9%	52.3%(218)	16.6%(69)	16.6%(69)	4.6%(19)
34	James Wright Middle	Madison, WI	245	65.4%	11.8%(29)	29.0%(71)	49.4%(121)	4.5%(11)
35	Lowell Elementary	Madison, WI	329	64.9%	51.1%(168)	25.5%(84)	11.6%(38)	2.1%(7)
36	Thoreau Elementary	Madison, WI	403	64.5%	51.1%(206)	13.9%(56)	25.6%(103)	1.2%(5)
37	O'Keeffe Middle	Madison, WI	434	64.2%	53.7%(233)	18.7%(81)	11.5%(50)	3.0%(13)
38	Spring Harbor Middle	Madison, WI	269	61.6%	58.0%(156)	5.6%(15)	11.9%(32)	11.2%(30)
39	Van Hise Elementary	Madison, WI	396	60.7%	59.1%(234)	5.6%(22)	10.6%(42)	12.6%(50)
40	Randall Elementary School	Madison, WI	320	58.5%	61.3%(196)	11.9%(38)	11.9%(38)	5.6%(18)
41	Crestwood Elementary	Madison, WI	293	57.5%	61.8%(181)	10.9%(32)	14.0%(41)	4.8%(14)
42	Franklin Elementary	Madison, WI	308	57.4%	61.7%(190)	14.6%(45)	14.0%(43)	4.5%(14)
43	Hamilton Middle	Madison, WI	790	55.3%	63.5%(502)	7.5%(59)	9.0%(71)	9.4%(74)

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