Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000924
Crestwood Elementary
5930 Old Sauk Rd, Madison, WI 53705 · (608) 204-1120 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
71 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 59.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Crestwood Elementary
Crestwood Elementary's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Elementary this school | 293 | 24.2% | 65.7% |
| Randall Elementary School Madison | 320 | 25.3% | 71.0% |
| Meadowview Elementary Oak Creek | 320 | 25.6% | 66.3% |
| Franklin Elementary Madison | 308 | 29.9% | N/A |
| Cottage Grove Elementary Cottage Grove | 307 | 22.8% | N/A |
| Wilson Elementary Wauwatosa | 218 | 22.0% | 66.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Crestwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #280 of 982 | #31 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #228 of 992 ▲ 205 | #21 of 74 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #218 of 992 ▲ 99 | #22 of 74 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #638 of 1,157 | #71 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #253 of 901 | #44 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #236 of 901 | #39 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #821 of 1,064 | #51 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #332 of 664 | #34 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 293 | 24.8 | 11.8:1 | 24% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 23.4 | 12.3:1 | 24% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 22.9 | 11.9:1 | 34% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 27 | 10.5:1 | 34% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 32.7 | 10.5:1 | 37% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 41% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 33 | 11.1:1 | 30% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 26 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (344 to 293); teachers down 24% (32.7 to 24.8).
About Crestwood Elementary
In Madison, Wisconsin, Crestwood Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 293 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Madison Metropolitan School District counts 25,155 students in its 53 schools, and Crestwood Elementary is one of them.
More than half of the students at Crestwood Elementary are White (62%). Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 77% White among all Dane County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school lists 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. A total of 71 students, or 24%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Crestwood Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Crestwood Elementary is +2.9 points: 65.7% actual, 62.8% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Dane County show that the median household earns about $89,975 a year, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Dane County, 169 public schools serve about 78,525 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Spring Harbor Middle, is the closest to Crestwood Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Crestwood Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Crestwood Elementary is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Crestwood Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 10 students, from 283 to 293. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.
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Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Metropolitan School District
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other schools in Madison
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other Crestwood Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Crestwood Elementary. Crestwood Elementary is the 15th largest of the 15.
- CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 731 students
- Crestwood ElementaryRichmond, VA · 635 students
- Crestwood ElementaryVisalia, CA · 594 students
- Crestwood ElementarySpringfield, VA · 582 students
- Crestwood Elementary SchoolLas Vegas, NV · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Harbor Middle0.6 mi · 269
- Stephens Elementary0.7 mi · 447
- Muir Elementary0.8 mi · 377
- Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School1.2 mi · 462
- Vel Phillips Memorial High School1.3 mi · 2,004
- Elm Lawn Elementary1.3 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Crestwood ElementaryHow many students attend Crestwood Elementary?
Crestwood Elementary enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-05.
Is Crestwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crestwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Crestwood Elementary?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Crestwood Elementary.
How diverse is Crestwood Elementary?
Crestwood Elementary reports a student body of 62% White, 14% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Crestwood Elementary?
Crestwood Elementary is overseen by Madison Metropolitan School District in Dane County.
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