Glacial Drumlin School

Glacial Drumlin School is a junior high of sizable scale in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, part of Monona Grove School District, instructing 766 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Glacial Drumlin School sits 101% above that benchmark.

Monona Grove School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,672 students; Glacial Drumlin School is among them.

On demographics, Glacial Drumlin School records that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Glacial Drumlin School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glacial Drumlin School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.4%; this one comes in at 48.9%, -16.4 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Dane County shows median household income runs about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Glacial Drumlin School is one.

The closest other public school is Granite Ridge School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glacial Drumlin School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.1%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 889 students in 2018 compared to 766 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 84% to 77% over that span.

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