Nuestro Mundo

Located at 902 Nichols Rd, in Monona, Wisconsin, Nuestro Mundo is an average-sized elementary school that educates 311 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Madison Metropolitan School District.

Within Madison Metropolitan School District, which oversees 53 schools and 25,155 students, Nuestro Mundo is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Nuestro Mundo lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 26% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at Nuestro Mundo qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nuestro Mundo tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate median household income runs about $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Nuestro Mundo is one campus in the mix.

Winnequah School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nuestro Mundo. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nuestro Mundo at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. As a public charter, Nuestro Mundo runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Nuestro Mundo's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 311). White enrollment moved from 30% to 26% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Nuestro Mundo typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.