Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000952
Orchard Ridge Elementary
5602 Russett Rd, Madison, WI 53711 · (608) 204-2320 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
138 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 | 38 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
72%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
46.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.6% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Orchard Ridge Elementary
Orchard Ridge Elementary's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Ridge Elementary this school | 265 | 52.1% | 43.8% |
| Emerson Elementary Madison | 297 | 54.2% | 49.1% |
| Gompers Elementary Madison | 217 | 49.3% | 45.1% |
| Hoover Elementary New Berlin | 335 | 56.1% | 42.5% |
| Red Apple School Racine | 354 | 59.3% | 35.2% |
| Lowell Elementary Madison | 329 | 44.7% | 56.2% |
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 Orchard Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #717 of 982 | #60 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #749 of 992 ▼ 14 | #59 of 74 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #624 of 992 ▲ 22 | #56 of 74 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #728 of 1,157 | #76 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #165 of 901 | #30 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #51 of 901 | #11 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #381 of 1,064 | #14 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #460 of 664 | #41 of 61 |
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
265
+57 (+27%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 265 | 23.4 | 11.3:1 | 52% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 21.8 | 11.3:1 | 51% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 24.5 | 10.4:1 | 56% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | 21 | 9.9:1 | 59% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 30.9 | 9.5:1 | 56% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 63% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 22 | 11.2:1 | 55% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 30% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 39 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (293 to 265); teachers down 24% (30.9 to 23.4).
About Orchard Ridge Elementary
Orchard Ridge Elementary sits in Madison, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. The student body numbers 265 students, from pre-K through 5.
Besides Orchard Ridge Elementary, Madison Metropolitan School District runs 52 other schools. The district enrolls 25,155 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Orchard Ridge Elementary, at 40%. The rest of enrollment is 26% Black, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Dane County, the White share is about 77%. Orchard Ridge Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Orchard Ridge Elementary total 23.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.3:1. That is 3.4 students per teacher below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 52%. Among public schools in Dane County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Orchard Ridge Elementary 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.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 45.7% at Orchard Ridge Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Dane County show that the median household income is $89,975, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Orchard Ridge Elementary is one of 169 public schools in the county.
Toki Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Orchard Ridge Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Orchard Ridge Elementary ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.8% against a local average of 48.4%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school enrolled 265 students in 2024-25, 57 more than the 208 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (9.9:1).
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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 Madison
- 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
Nearby schools
- Toki Middle0.0 mi · 487
- Huegel Elementary0.9 mi · 417
- Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School0.9 mi · 455
- Cherokee Heights Middle1.4 mi · 526
- Thoreau Elementary1.9 mi · 403
- Midvale Elementary2.1 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Ridge ElementaryHow many students attend Orchard Ridge Elementary?
Orchard Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-05.
Is Orchard Ridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orchard Ridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Orchard Ridge Elementary have?
Orchard Ridge Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Orchard Ridge Elementary?
Orchard Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 19% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Orchard Ridge Elementary?
Orchard Ridge Elementary is overseen by Madison Metropolitan School District in Dane County.
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