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What's something Huegel Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000956
Huegel Elementary
2601 Prairie Rd, Madison, WI 53711 · (608) 204-3100 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
158 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 | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
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
49.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 53.3% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Huegel Elementary
Huegel Elementary's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huegel Elementary this school | 417 | 37.9% | 52.8% |
| Elvehjem Elementary Madison | 415 | 36.6% | 56.2% |
| Northside Elementary Sun Prairie | 439 | 40.5% | 44.1% |
| Edgewood Elementary Oak Creek | 389 | 41.6% | 61.1% |
| Eisenhower Elementary Wauwatosa | 373 | 34.3% | 56.1% |
| Mill Creek Academy Waukesha | 324 | 35.8% | 50.8% |
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 Huegel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #574 of 982 | #50 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #572 of 992 ▲ 3 | #50 of 74 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #575 of 992 ▼ 105 | #51 of 74 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #307 of 1,157 | #29 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #118 of 901 | #20 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #152 of 901 | #30 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #611 of 1,064 | #31 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #283 of 664 | #27 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
417
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 417 | 38.6 | 10.8:1 | 38% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 36.1 | 11.7:1 | 38% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 37.1 | 11.7:1 | 40% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 52% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 42.8 | 11.7:1 | 42% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 46% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 29% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 19 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huegel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (501 to 417); teachers down 10% (42.8 to 38.6).
About Huegel Elementary
Huegel Elementary serves students in Madison, Wisconsin, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 417 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 29% higher than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, which is about 323.
The 53 schools in Madison Metropolitan School District enroll 25,155 students altogether, Huegel Elementary among them.
White students are the majority at Huegel Elementary, with 52% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 77% White. Huegel Elementary's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Huegel Elementary was 10.8:1. This ratio sits 3.9 below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 38%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Huegel Elementary is 1.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 52.8%. Predicted: 54.4%.
Dane County has about 572,674 residents, and the median household income is $89,975, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Dane County has 169 public schools and roughly 78,525 students.
Orchard Ridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Huegel Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 50.2% on proficiency, and Huegel Elementary is above that at 52.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 42 fewer students in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Orchard Ridge Elementary0.9 mi · 265
- Toki Middle0.9 mi · 487
- Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School1.1 mi · 455
- Cesar Chavez Elementary1.2 mi · 631
- Cherokee Heights Middle2.3 mi · 526
- Savanna Oaks Middle2.4 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Huegel ElementaryHow many students attend Huegel Elementary?
Huegel Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Huegel Elementary serve?
Huegel Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Huegel Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Huegel Elementary is approximately 10.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Huegel Elementary?
At Huegel Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Huegel Elementary in?
Huegel Elementary is part of Madison Metropolitan School District.
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