Total enrollment
25,155
-996 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
54 schools in Madison Metropolitan School District
Wisconsin · 25,155 students · 3 cities
Madison Metropolitan School District runs 54 public K-12 schools inside Wisconsin, with combined enrollment around 25,155 (33 elementary, 13 middle, and 7 high).
4-year change in Madison Metropolitan School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
53
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Madison Metropolitan School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Wisconsin | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #214 of 243 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 25,155 | #2 of 290 | #286 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 53 | #2 of 290 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #45 of 290 | #2,011 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 46.0% | #69 of 289 | #4,757 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #1 of 177 | #125 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Madison Metropolitan School District
State test results across the district's 44 scored schools run from Shorewood Hills Elementary at 84.5% proficient to Southside Elementary School at 19.0%, a gap of 65.6 points. That is the 4th widest gap among 113 Wisconsin districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 52 district schools that reported both years went from 26,968 to 25,026 students (down 7%) and from 2,143 to 2,085 full-time teachers (down 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Madison Metropolitan School District
Madison Metropolitan School District is a moderately sized Wisconsin school district running 54 schools with combined enrollment near 25,155.
In terms of grade levels, Madison Metropolitan School District covers 33 elementary, 13 middle, 7 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Madison Metropolitan School District is about 466, meaningfully above the Wisconsin average of roughly 370.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment declined 4%: 26,151 students in SY 2020-21 versus 25,155 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Madison Metropolitan School District discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.