Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550951001109
Northside Elementary
3620 High Rd, Middleton, WI 53562 · (608) 829-9130 · Dane County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
60 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 44% smaller than its 4th grade class (72).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
73.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
63.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.9% | 72.2% |
% 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
76.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Northside Elementary
Northside Elementary's state test result (76.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary this school | 307 | 19.5% | 76.7% |
| Ben Franklin Elementary Franklin | 308 | 26.0% | 60.5% |
| Elm Lawn Elementary Middleton | 313 | 14.7% | 77.6% |
| Meadowview Elementary Oak Creek | 320 | 25.6% | 66.3% |
| Eastside Elementary Sun Prairie | 408 | 23.8% | 69.8% |
| Van Hise Elementary Madison | 396 | 16.7% | 76.5% |
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 Northside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #71 of 982 | #7 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #328 of 992 ▼ 139 | #31 of 74 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #98 of 992 ▼ 64 | #10 of 74 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #602 of 1,157 | #65 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #334 of 901 | #54 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #243 of 901 | #43 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #897 of 1,064 | #63 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #100 of 664 | #12 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
307
-105 (-25%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 307 | 24.6 | 12.5:1 | 20% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 26 | 12.2:1 | 16% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 33.5 | 12.7:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 31 | 12.5:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 15% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 10% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 28 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (427 to 307); teachers down 26% (33.5 to 24.6).
About Northside Elementary
Families in Middleton, Wisconsin, are served by Northside Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 307 students.
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District runs Northside Elementary along with 11 other schools, enrolling 7,167 students in total.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Northside Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Dane County's population at about 77%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. The school has 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. In all, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 32% average for public schools in Dane County is 12 points higher.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Northside Elementary is 11.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 76.7%. Predicted: 65.7%.
In Dane County, home to about 572,674 people, median household income comes to about $89,975, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 169 public schools in the county, enrolling about 78,525, Northside Elementary among them.
Northside Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Kromrey Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Northside Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 307, down from 412 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.5 students per teacher, compared with 13.7 in 2020-21.
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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 Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
- Middleton HighHigh · 2,303 students
- Kromrey MiddleMiddle · 1,230 students
- Glacier Creek MiddleMiddle · 924 students
- Pope Farm ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Sauk Trail ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- West Middleton ElementaryElementary · 334 students
Other schools in Middleton
- Middleton HighHigh · 2,303 students
- Kromrey MiddleMiddle · 1,230 students
- Pope Farm ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Sauk Trail ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- Elm Lawn ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Sunset Ridge ElementaryElementary · 309 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary is the 35th largest of the 43.
- Northside ElementarySun Prairie, WI · 439 students
- Northside ElementaryMonroe, WI · 362 students
- Northside ElementaryLa Crosse, WI · 237 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,073 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 683 students
Nearby schools
- Kromrey Middle0.7 mi · 1,230
- Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K0.9 mi · 286
- Middleton High1.0 mi · 2,303
- Clark Street Community School1.0 mi · 108
- Sauk Trail Elementary1.2 mi · 360
- Elm Lawn Elementary1.7 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Northside ElementaryHow large is Northside Elementary?
Northside Elementary enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Northside Elementary serve?
Northside Elementary serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Northside Elementary?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Northside Elementary.
How diverse is Northside Elementary?
Northside Elementary reports a student body of 62% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Northside Elementary?
Northside Elementary is overseen by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in Dane County.
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