Lindbergh Elementary

As an intimate elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin, Lindbergh Elementary instructs 180 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Madison Metropolitan School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Lindbergh Elementary sits 44% below that benchmark.

Within Madison Metropolitan School District, which oversees 53 schools and 25,155 students, Lindbergh Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lindbergh Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 32%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 21% multiracial, 20% Hispanic, 18% White, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 5% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Lindbergh Elementary shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Lindbergh Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Dane County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lindbergh Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.3%; this one delivers 24.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Dane County reports that median household income runs about $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Lindbergh Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Wisconsin Center, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lindbergh Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lindbergh Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

Lindbergh Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Lindbergh Elementary's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 170 (now 180). The White share of enrollment edged down from 32% to 18% over that span.

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