Huegel Elementary

Huegel Elementary is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Madison, Wisconsin, operated by Madison Metropolitan School District, instructing 417 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 323.

Across the 53 schools in Madison Metropolitan School District (25,155 students total), Huegel Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Huegel Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Huegel Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 52.8%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Around the school, Dane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Huegel Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Toki Middle, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Huegel Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Huegel Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Huegel Elementary has fell 17%, going from 501 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025.

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