Leopold Elementary

Located at 2602 Post Rd, in Madison, Wisconsin, Leopold Elementary is a large elementary campus that hosts 626 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Madison Metropolitan School District. Enrollment runs roughly 94% bigger than the state mean of about 323.

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

On the student-mix side, Leopold Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 20% Black, 20% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Leopold Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Leopold Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.1%; this one comes in at 27.4%, -15.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Dane County shows median household income runs about $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Leopold Elementary is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Leopold Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Leopold Elementary's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 727 (now 626). Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 48% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.