Olson Elementary

Olson Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Verona, Wisconsin, part of Madison Metropolitan School District, caters to 462 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Olson Elementary sits 43% larger than that benchmark.

Madison Metropolitan School District comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 25,155 students; Olson Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Olson Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Olson Elementary records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Dane County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Olson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 62.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), Olson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

West Middleton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Olson Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.1%.

Olson Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Olson Elementary's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 462). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 20% to 9%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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