Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000950
Mendota Elementary
4002 School Rd, Madison, WI 53704 · (608) 204-7840 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
205 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 39 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
68%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
25.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
29.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.1pp 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 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.3% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 30.4% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Mendota Elementary
Mendota Elementary's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendota Elementary this school | 282 | 72.7% | 36.8% |
| One City Elementary School Monona | 328 | 68.0% | 27.8% |
| Milwaukee French Immersion Milwaukee | 426 | 68.1% | 41.7% |
| Merrill Elementary Beloit | 224 | 83.9% | 8.8% |
| Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary Milwaukee | 428 | 79.9% | 24.8% |
| 21st Century Preparatory School Racine | 438 | 63.2% | 14.3% |
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 Mendota Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #794 of 982 | #62 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #836 of 992 ▲ 1 | #63 of 74 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #868 of 992 ▼ 20 | #72 of 74 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #674 of 1,157 | #74 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #30 of 901 | #7 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #110 of 901 | #21 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #163 of 1,064 | #4 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #423 of 664 | #37 of 61 |
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
282
-61 (-18%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 282 | 29.4 | 9.6:1 | 73% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 29.3 | 9.6:1 | 74% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 27.6 | 11.2:1 | 80% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 30 | 11.4:1 | 75% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 32.6 | 9.7:1 | 68% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 79% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 76% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 33 | 8.9:1 | 29% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 31 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mendota Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (317 to 282); teachers down 10% (32.6 to 29.4).
About Mendota Elementary
Mendota Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, with an address in Madison. The school serves 282 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Madison Metropolitan School District serves 25,155 students across 53 schools.
Enrollment at Mendota Elementary is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 16% White, 16% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Dane County's population at about 5%. The chance that two students picked at random at Mendota Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
The school employs the equivalent of 29.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 9.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Mendota Elementary is 73%. Across public schools in Dane County, the average is 32%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mendota Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.8%; the prediction is 33.0%.
Federal survey data for Dane County show that median household income is about $89,975, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 169 public schools operate in Dane County, serving about 78,525 students.
The closest public school, Lindbergh Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from Mendota Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.2%; Mendota Elementary's is 36.8%, ranking 2nd of 6.
NCES describes the area around Mendota Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 343 to 282. The ratio was 11.4:1 in 2020-21 and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Mendota Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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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 Mendota Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mendota Elementary. Mendota Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Mendota ElementaryMendota, CA · 857 students
- MENDOTA ELEMENTARYMENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Lindbergh Elementary0.5 mi · 180
- Central Wisconsin Center0.6 mi · 1
- Black Hawk Middle1.0 mi · 300
- Mendota Mental Health Institution1.0 mi · 18
- Gompers Elementary1.0 mi · 217
- Lake View Elementary1.1 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Mendota ElementaryHow large is Mendota Elementary?
Mendota Elementary enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mendota Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mendota Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mendota Elementary have?
Mendota Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Mendota Elementary?
Student demographics at Mendota Elementary are roughly 16% White, 14% Hispanic, 49% Black, 4% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Mendota Elementary?
Mendota Elementary is overseen by Madison Metropolitan School District in Dane County.
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