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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551533002647
Glacier Edge Elementary
800 Kimball Lane, Verona, WI 53593 · (608) 497-2100 · Dane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
148 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
52.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 57.6% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Glacier Edge Elementary
Glacier Edge Elementary's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Edge Elementary this school | 462 | 32.0% | 55.5% |
| Bethesda Elementary Waukesha | 401 | 39.2% | 59.6% |
| Whittier Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 459 | 37.0% | 56.8% |
| Bay View Montessori School Milwaukee | 449 | 36.5% | 58.1% |
| Central - Denison Elementary Lake Geneva | 522 | 39.8% | 74.5% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary Verona | 645 | 29.9% | 61.0% |
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 Glacier Edge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #515 of 982 | #48 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #539 of 992 ▼ 47 | #46 of 74 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #501 of 992 ▼ 50 | #47 of 74 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #209 of 1,157 | #17 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #279 of 901 | #47 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #268 of 901 | #45 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #708 of 1,064 | #38 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #195 of 664 | #20 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
462
-60 (-11%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 38.5 | 12.0:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 38.8 | 11.9:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 38.3 | 12.5:1 | 31% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 29% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 44.4 | 13.2:1 | 21% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 20% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 32% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glacier Edge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (587 to 462); teachers down 13% (44.4 to 38.5).
About Glacier Edge Elementary
Glacier Edge Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Verona Area School District, located in Verona, Wisconsin. The school has 462 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 43% bigger than average.
Glacier Edge Elementary is a school in Verona Area School District. The district has 12 schools and 5,815 students.
The student body at Glacier Edge Elementary is 55% White. After that, the student body is 39% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Dane County, the White share is about 77%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Glacier Edge Elementary reports a ratio of 12.0 students per teacher, from 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Glacier Edge Elementary, 32% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Dane County is close, at 32%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.0% for Glacier Edge Elementary. The school posts 55.5%, 2.5 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau 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 roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Dane County has 169 public schools with about 78,525 students, including Glacier Edge Elementary.
Verona Area International School is the nearest public school to Glacier Edge Elementary, about 1.5 miles away. Within five miles of Glacier Edge Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 55.5% is below the 65.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People who know Glacier Edge Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Verona Area School District
- Verona Area HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Badger Ridge MiddleMiddle · 776 students
- Sugar Creek ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Core Knowledge Charter SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Stoner Prairie ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Country View ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Verona
- Verona Area HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Badger Ridge MiddleMiddle · 776 students
- Sugar Creek ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Olson ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Core Knowledge Charter SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Country View ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Nearby schools
- Verona Area International School1.5 mi · 113
- New Century School1.5 mi · 122
- Core Knowledge Charter School1.6 mi · 417
- Badger Ridge Middle1.6 mi · 776
- Early Childhood1.7 mi · 19
- Sugar Creek Elementary1.8 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Glacier Edge ElementaryHow many students attend Glacier Edge Elementary?
Glacier Edge Elementary enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
Is Glacier Edge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glacier Edge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Glacier Edge Elementary have?
Glacier Edge Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Glacier Edge Elementary?
Glacier Edge Elementary reports a student body of 55% White, 39% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Glacier Edge Elementary?
Glacier Edge Elementary is overseen by Verona Area School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.