Northside Elementary

Northside Elementary, a medium-sized primary school in Middleton, Wisconsin, operated by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, hosts 307 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,167 students. Northside Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Northside Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northside Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 76.7%, a residual of +11.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dane County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Northside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Kromrey Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northside Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 62% across the same window.

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