One City Elementary School

One City Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Monona, Wisconsin, run under One City Schools Inc, instructs 328 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

One City Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by One City Schools Inc, a district that caters to 427 students overall.

On demographics, One City Elementary School logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 5% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, One City Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Dane County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), One City Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -8.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dane County shows median household income runs about $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 One City Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is One City Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts One City Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. One City Elementary School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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