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Enrollment
462
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000938
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School
101 S Gammon Rd, Madison, WI 53717 · (608) 663-6403 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
246 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 187 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 150 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 27% |
Student demographics
73%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
40.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
38.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 38.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 37.4% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School this school | 462 | 53.2% | 40.6% |
| Sennett Middle Madison | 570 | 52.6% | 33.9% |
| Cherokee Heights Middle Madison | 526 | 48.3% | 38.6% |
| Sherman Middle Madison | 400 | 60.0% | 32.1% |
| Horning Middle Waukesha | 534 | 54.9% | 40.8% |
| Sabish Middle Fond du Lac | 445 | 57.3% | 53.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle 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 Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #278 of 323 | #27 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #283 of 327 ▲ 1 | #27 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #278 of 327 no change | #28 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #136 of 389 | #21 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #48 of 265 | #10 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #6 of 265 | #4 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #63 of 323 | #5 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #105 of 176 | #12 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
462
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 462 | 40.5 | 11.4:1 | 53% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 34.1 | 12.8:1 | 48% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 36.4 | 11.4:1 | 52% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 55% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 43.2 | 11.9:1 | 48% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 44% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 43 | 13.0:1 | 37% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 30% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (514 to 462); teachers down 6% (43.2 to 40.5).
About Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Madison, Wisconsin. The school's 462 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 21% higher than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin, which is about 381.
Madison Metropolitan School District is the district for Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School. It has 53 schools and 25,155 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School, 37% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% White, 17% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. By comparison, Dane County residents are about 8% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School comes in at 73%.
The school reports 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.4 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 53% of students. Across public schools in Dane County, the average is 32%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School is 4.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 40.6%. Predicted: 45.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dane County, median household income is about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Dane County number 169 and enroll about 78,525.
The closest public school to Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School is Vel Phillips Memorial High School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School is behind the 58.5% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 487 in 2020-21 and 462 in 2024-25, a decrease of 25 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Vel Phillips Memorial High School0.1 mi · 2,004
- Muir Elementary0.4 mi · 377
- Stephens Elementary1.1 mi · 447
- Crestwood Elementary1.2 mi · 293
- Elm Lawn Elementary1.6 mi · 313
- Spring Harbor Middle1.8 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Ezekiel Gillespie Middle SchoolHow large is Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School?
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School?
Student demographics at Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School are roughly 28% White, 37% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School?
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School 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.