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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000939
Kennedy Elementary
221 Meadowlark Dr, Madison, WI 53714 · (608) 204-3420 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
358 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 | 69 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
71%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
25.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
25.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.4% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 27.0% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Kennedy Elementary
Kennedy Elementary's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Elementary this school | 582 | 61.5% | 28.7% |
| Westside Elementary Sun Prairie | 434 | 66.1% | 27.3% |
| Read Elementary Oshkosh | 383 | 69.5% | 32.3% |
| Chappell Elementary Green Bay | 384 | 66.7% | 52.2% |
| Milwaukee French Immersion Milwaukee | 426 | 68.1% | 41.7% |
| Menominee Elementary School Oshkosh | 573 | 68.4% | 43.5% |
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 Kennedy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #850 of 982 | #68 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #863 of 992 ▼ 6 | #69 of 74 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #867 of 992 ▲ 6 | #71 of 74 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #71 of 1,157 | #6 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #131 of 901 | #23 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #54 of 901 | #12 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #259 of 1,064 | #8 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #96 of 240 | #10 of 17 |
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
582
+72 (+14%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 582 | 53.2 | 10.9:1 | 62% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 42.5 | 13.6:1 | 55% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 36.9 | 14.2:1 | 52% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 37.7 | 14.1:1 | 44% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 43% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 28% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 30% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 630 | 36 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (530 to 582); teachers up 41% (37.7 to 53.2).
About Kennedy Elementary
This page covers Kennedy Elementary, a large elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has 582 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 80% bigger than average.
Madison Metropolitan School District operates 53 schools. Combined enrollment is 25,155 students.
Black students account for 41% of enrollment at Kennedy Elementary, more than any other group. The remaining students are 30% White, 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. Among people living in Dane County, the Black share is about 5%. The diversity index for Kennedy Elementary is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Kennedy Elementary lists 53.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 62% of the student body. The average for public schools in Dane County is 32%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Kennedy Elementary would score about 39.9%. It scores 28.7%, 11.2 points below that figure.
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 Kennedy Elementary.
Elvehjem Elementary is about 1.1 miles from Kennedy Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Kennedy Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 39.5%, higher than Kennedy Elementary's 28.7%.
Federal data place Kennedy Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 72 students, from 510 to 582. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.6:1 to 10.9:1.
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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
Other Kennedy Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Kennedy Elementary. Kennedy Elementary is the 4th largest of the 31.
- Kennedy ElementaryGrafton, WI · 507 students
- Kennedy ElementaryJanesville, WI · 404 students
- Kennedy ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 402 students
- Kennedy ElementaryJunction City, WI · 170 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolWinder, GA · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Elvehjem Elementary1.1 mi · 415
- Whitehorse Middle1.3 mi · 415
- Schenk Elementary1.4 mi · 394
- Hawthorne Elementary2.0 mi · 360
- Monona Grove High2.1 mi · 1,170
- Lowell Elementary2.2 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kennedy Elementary?
Kennedy Elementary enrolls approximately 582 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kennedy Elementary serve?
Kennedy Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kennedy Elementary?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Kennedy Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kennedy Elementary?
At Kennedy Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 11% Hispanic, 41% Black, 7% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Kennedy Elementary?
Kennedy Elementary 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.