Madison Elementary

Madison Elementary, a cozy K-5 school in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Wauwatosa School District, works with 257 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% leaner than the state mean of about 323.

Madison Elementary is one of 17 schools operated by Wauwatosa School District, a district that enrolls 6,704 students overall.

On demographics, Madison Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 12% Asian, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Madison Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Madison Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.3%; this one delivers 54.0%.

In the surrounding community, Milwaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Madison Elementary is one.

Emerson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Madison Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 28.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Elementary has shrank 14%, going from 299 students in 2018 to 257 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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