O'Keeffe Middle

O'Keeffe Middle is one of the moderately sized middle schools in Madison, Wisconsin, operated by Madison Metropolitan School District, with 434 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Madison Metropolitan School District, which oversees 53 schools and 25,155 students, O'Keeffe Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, O'Keeffe Middle records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Black, 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, O'Keeffe Middle has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at O'Keeffe Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, O'Keeffe Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dane County put median household earnings sit near $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. O'Keeffe Middle is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

The closest other public school is Marquette Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts O'Keeffe Middle at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. O'Keeffe Middle's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 434). The White share of enrollment rose from 46% to 54% over that span.

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