Cambridge Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Cambridge, Wisconsin, Cambridge Elementary hosts 399 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Cambridge School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Cambridge Elementary sits 24% above that benchmark.

Cambridge School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 907 students. Cambridge Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cambridge Elementary logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cambridge Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Cambridge Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Dane County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cambridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Cambridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nikolay Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Cambridge Elementary. On composite proficiency, Cambridge Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cambridge Elementary has declined 9%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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