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What's the most underrated thing about Elvehjem Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000926
Elvehjem Elementary
5106 Academy Dr, Madison, WI 53716 · (608) 204-1400 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
152 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 62 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
66%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
55.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 54.4% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Elvehjem Elementary
Elvehjem Elementary's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvehjem Elementary this school | 415 | 36.6% | 56.2% |
| Huegel Elementary Madison | 417 | 37.9% | 52.8% |
| Northside Elementary Sun Prairie | 439 | 40.5% | 44.1% |
| Edgewood Elementary Oak Creek | 389 | 41.6% | 61.1% |
| Shepard Hills Elementary Oak Creek | 419 | 39.1% | 57.3% |
| Aldo Leopold Community School K-8 Green Bay | 500 | 38.0% | 61.1% |
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 Elvehjem Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #496 of 982 | #46 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #651 of 992 ▼ 99 | #51 of 74 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #428 of 992 ▼ 89 | #42 of 74 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #314 of 1,157 | #31 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #520 of 901 | #67 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #142 of 901 | #27 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #628 of 1,064 | #32 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #629 of 664 | #60 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
415
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 415 | 30.5 | 13.6:1 | 37% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 28.3 | 14.2:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 29.3 | 14.3:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 33% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 32.9 | 12.9:1 | 28% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 36% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 34% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 37 | 12.6:1 | 30% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 31 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elvehjem Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (424 to 415); teachers down 7% (32.9 to 30.5).
About Elvehjem Elementary
The public elementary school Elvehjem Elementary is located in Madison, Wisconsin. It has an enrollment of 415 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 28% above that mark.
The Madison Metropolitan School District system has 53 schools and 25,155 students.
Of every 100 students at Elvehjem Elementary, about 53 are White. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Black, and 6% Asian. Dane County's residents are about 77% White, 25 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Elvehjem Elementary scores 66%.
The school has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Of all students at Elvehjem Elementary, 37% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Elvehjem Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.2% and a predicted 55.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Dane County show that median household income comes to about $89,975, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Dane County counts 169 public schools with about 78,525 students.
About 1.1 miles separate Elvehjem Elementary from the closest public school, Kennedy Elementary. The five-mile area around Elvehjem Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Elvehjem Elementary's average proficiency of 56.2% compares with 35.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Elvehjem Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 415, from 428 in 2020-21.
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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
Nearby schools
- Kennedy Elementary1.1 mi · 582
- 4K PK Off Site1.2 mi · 619
- Milestone Democratic School1.3 mi · 84
- Monona Grove High1.7 mi · 1,170
- LaFollette High1.7 mi · 1,541
- Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School1.7 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Elvehjem ElementaryHow large is Elvehjem Elementary?
Elvehjem Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Elvehjem Elementary serve?
Elvehjem Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elvehjem Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elvehjem Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Elvehjem Elementary?
Student demographics at Elvehjem Elementary are roughly 53% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Elvehjem Elementary?
Elvehjem Elementary is overseen by Madison Metropolitan School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.