Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852003356
Nuestro Mundo
902 Nichols Rd, Monona, WI 53716 · (608) 204-1076 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- C-Beats 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
11.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
127 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
52%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
48.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 46.3% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Nuestro Mundo
Nuestro Mundo's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuestro Mundo this school | 311 | 40.8% | 49.5% |
| Heyer Elementary Waukesha | 328 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| Appleton Bilingual School Appleton | 139 | 39.6% | 43.7% |
| Washington Elementary Whitewater | 312 | 46.5% | 53.8% |
| Rocketship Southside Community Prep Milwaukee | 418 | 32.8% | 29.1% |
| Bethesda Elementary Waukesha | 401 | 39.2% | 59.6% |
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 Nuestro Mundo ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #627 of 982 | #53 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #691 of 992 ▼ 19 | #54 of 74 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #600 of 992 ▲ 57 | #54 of 74 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #586 of 1,157 | #62 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #143 of 901 | #26 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #298 of 901 | #49 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #559 of 1,064 | #29 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #229 of 240 | #16 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
311
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 311 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 41% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 25.4 | 11.6:1 | 35% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 26.9 | 10.6:1 | 42% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 54% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 28.8 | 10.7:1 | 56% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 61% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 60% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nuestro Mundo.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (309 to 311); teachers down 3% (28.8 to 28).
About Nuestro Mundo
This page covers Nuestro Mundo, a medium-sized elementary school in Monona, Wisconsin. A federal count lists 311 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Madison Metropolitan School District enrolls 25,155 students, and its 53 schools include Nuestro Mundo.
At 64%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Nuestro Mundo combined. The school is also 26% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 8%. The chance that two students picked at random at Nuestro Mundo belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The teaching staff at Nuestro Mundo is 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.1:1. That ratio is under the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%. Public schools in Dane County average 32%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Nuestro Mundo 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.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Nuestro Mundo would score about 52.6%. It scores 49.5%, 3.1 points below that figure.
Within Dane County, median household income is about $89,975, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 169 public schools in Dane County, with a combined enrollment of about 78,525.
Winnequah School is the public school closest to Nuestro Mundo, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nuestro Mundo is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 306 in 2020-21 and 311 in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 12.2:1 to 11.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other schools in Monona
- Monona Grove HighHigh · 1,170 students
- Winnequah SchoolElementary · 602 students
- One City Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- One City Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 99 students
- Monona Grove Liberal ArtsHigh · 93 students
Nearby schools
- Winnequah School0.2 mi · 602
- Monona Grove Liberal Arts0.6 mi · 93
- Sennett Middle0.9 mi · 570
- Monona Grove High1.0 mi · 1,170
- LaFollette High1.0 mi · 1,541
- One City Elementary School1.1 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Nuestro MundoHow many students attend Nuestro Mundo?
Nuestro Mundo enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nuestro Mundo serve?
Nuestro Mundo serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nuestro Mundo?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nuestro Mundo is approximately 11.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nuestro Mundo?
Student demographics at Nuestro Mundo are roughly 26% White, 64% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Nuestro Mundo in?
Nuestro Mundo is part of Madison Metropolitan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.