Pope Farm Elementary

Pope Farm Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Middleton, Wisconsin, part of Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District. The school hosts 448 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 323.

Pope Farm Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, a district that enrolls 7,167 students overall.

On demographics, Pope Farm Elementary shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 36% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pope Farm Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dane County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pope Farm Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.8%; this one delivers 82.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dane County put 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%. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Pope Farm Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Middleton Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pope Farm Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

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