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How has Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000928
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School
6323 Woodington Way, Madison, WI 53711 · (608) 204-2180 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
231 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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
74%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
38.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 31.6% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School this school | 455 | 50.8% | 37.4% |
| Schenk Elementary Madison | 394 | 58.1% | 30.3% |
| Maple Grove Elementary Greenfield | 427 | 49.6% | 37.1% |
| Schulte School Sturtevant | 479 | 57.0% | 44.6% |
| Cooper Elementary Milwaukee | 447 | 55.5% | 53.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary Madison | 393 | 46.8% | 47.5% |
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 Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #782 of 982 | #61 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #744 of 992 ▲ 79 | #58 of 74 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #757 of 992 ▲ 44 | #61 of 74 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #225 of 1,157 | #18 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #86 of 901 | #18 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #33 of 901 | #9 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #401 of 1,064 | #16 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.0% | #43 of 240 | #5 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
455
+66 (+17%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 455 | 43.4 | 10.5:1 | 51% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 41 | 11.1:1 | 52% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 35.6 | 12.1:1 | 54% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 42 | 9.3:1 | 60% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 40.9 | 9.0:1 | 64% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 35 | 10.0:1 | 74% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 34 | 11.1:1 | 68% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 48 | 10.8:1 | 29% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 27 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (367 to 455); teachers up 6% (40.9 to 43.4).
About Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, with an address in Madison. The school has 455 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
The district, Madison Metropolitan School District, operates 53 schools serving 25,155 students.
The largest group at Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School is White students, at 35%. Other students are 31% Hispanic, 18% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Dane County residents. The diversity index for Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School, there are about 10.5 students; the school has 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 51%. For comparison, public schools in Dane County average 32%.
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School would score about 46.5%. It scores 37.4%, 9.1 points below that figure.
In Dane County, median household income comes to about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 169, with about 78,525 students.
Toki Middle is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 37.4% versus a 46.6% average.
Federal data place Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 455, up from 389 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.5 students per teacher, compared with 9.3 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Toki Middle0.9 mi · 487
- Orchard Ridge Elementary0.9 mi · 265
- Huegel Elementary1.1 mi · 417
- Vel Phillips Memorial High School1.7 mi · 2,004
- Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School1.8 mi · 462
- Stephens Elementary1.8 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School?
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School serve?
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School have?
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School?
At Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 31% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School public or private?
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison Metropolitan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.