Enrollment
93
High
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONONA GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550981002828
Monona Grove Liberal Arts
5301 Monona Dr, Monona, WI 53716 · (608) 316-1924 · Dane County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Wisconsin public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
25 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 16 | 17% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
51.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -9.9pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 36.1% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Monona Grove Liberal Arts
Monona Grove Liberal Arts's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monona Grove Liberal Arts this school | 93 | 26.9% | 49.4% |
| Highland Community High Highland | 94 | 27.7% | 50.2% |
| Drummond High Drummond | 92 | 30.4% | 40.5% |
| Prentice High Prentice | 105 | 28.6% | 38.1% |
| Randolph High Randolph | 161 | 26.1% | 31.6% |
| La Crosse Polytechnic School La Crosse | 86 | 31.4% | 62.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin high 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 Monona Grove Liberal Arts ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #429 of 532 | #24 of 28 |
Ranked against other public high 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
93
+28 (+43%) vs 2020
+323% since 2010-11, when it was 22
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 93 | 8.8 | 10.6:1 | 27% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 9.3 | 9.3:1 | 24% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 81 | 7.4 | 10.9:1 | 28% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 65 | 6 | 10.8:1 | 38% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 41 | 3.7 | 11.1:1 | 34% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 32 | 3 | 10.7:1 | 41% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 22 | 2 | 11.0:1 | 32% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monona Grove Liberal Arts.
Since 2017-18: students up 127% (41 to 93); teachers up 136% (3.7 to 8.8).
About Monona Grove Liberal Arts
Located in Monona, Wisconsin, Monona Grove Liberal Arts is a small high school. A federal count lists 93 students at the school, in grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Wisconsin is about 475, so this school runs 80% smaller than that.
Monona Grove Liberal Arts belongs to Monona Grove School District, a district of 7 schools and 3,672 students.
Federal enrollment data show Monona Grove Liberal Arts is 85% White. It is also 10% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Monona Grove Liberal Arts's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 8.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1. That is lower than the 14.6:1 average for high schools in Wisconsin. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 27%.
Measured against Wisconsin public high schools, Monona Grove Liberal Arts receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Monona Grove Liberal Arts falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 49.4% actual against 61.1% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Dane County, the median household income is $89,975, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 169 public schools in Dane County, enrolling about 78,525 students in all.
Sennett Middle is the public school closest to Monona Grove Liberal Arts, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Monona Grove Liberal Arts is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Monona Grove Liberal Arts's location as Suburb: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Monona Grove Liberal Arts reported 65 students in 2020-21 and 93 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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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 Monona Grove School District
- Monona Grove HighHigh · 1,170 students
- Glacial Drumlin SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Winnequah SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Granite Ridge SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Cottage Grove ElementaryElementary · 307 students
- Taylor Prairie ElementaryElementary · 264 students
Other schools in Monona
- Monona Grove HighHigh · 1,170 students
- Winnequah SchoolElementary · 602 students
- One City Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Nuestro MundoElementary · 311 students
- One City Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Sennett Middle0.3 mi · 570
- LaFollette High0.4 mi · 1,541
- Nuestro Mundo0.6 mi · 311
- Winnequah School0.7 mi · 602
- Monona Grove High0.7 mi · 1,170
- Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School0.8 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Monona Grove Liberal ArtsHow many students attend Monona Grove Liberal Arts?
Monona Grove Liberal Arts enrolls approximately 93 students in grades 06-12.
Is Monona Grove Liberal Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monona Grove Liberal Arts is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Monona Grove Liberal Arts have?
Monona Grove Liberal Arts employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monona Grove Liberal Arts?
At Monona Grove Liberal Arts, the student body is approximately 85% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Monona Grove Liberal Arts in?
Monona Grove Liberal Arts is part of Monona Grove School District.
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