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What's something Sennett Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000955
Sennett Middle
502 Pflaum Rd, Madison, WI 53716 · (608) 204-1920 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
300 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 202 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 177 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 190 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%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
35.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
33.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.4% | 33.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 32.4% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Sennett Middle
Sennett Middle's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sennett Middle this school | 570 | 52.6% | 33.9% |
| Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School Madison | 462 | 53.2% | 40.6% |
| Cherokee Heights Middle Madison | 526 | 48.3% | 38.6% |
| Horning Middle Waukesha | 534 | 54.9% | 40.8% |
| Greenfield Middle Greenfield | 704 | 53.4% | 44.6% |
| Sabish Middle Fond du Lac | 445 | 57.3% | 53.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle 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 Sennett Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #301 of 323 | #30 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #295 of 327 ▲ 2 | #29 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #296 of 327 ▲ 4 | #31 of 33 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #92 of 389 | #13 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #82 of 265 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #9 of 265 | #6 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #65 of 323 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #66 of 176 | #7 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
570
-78 (-12%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 570 | 46.7 | 12.2:1 | 53% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 50.4 | 11.5:1 | 52% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 47.7 | 13.1:1 | 59% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 56 | 11.6:1 | 65% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 55.7 | 12.1:1 | 66% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 56 | 11.6:1 | 67% (431) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 49 | 12.9:1 | 64% (406) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 50 | 12.8:1 | 29% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 41 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sennett Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (671 to 570); teachers down 16% (55.7 to 46.7).
About Sennett Middle
Sennett Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Madison, Wisconsin. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 570 students. That is 50% above the average of about 381 students for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Sennett Middle is a school in Madison Metropolitan School District. The district has 53 schools and 25,155 students.
Hispanic students account for 39% of enrollment at Sennett Middle, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 28% White, 14% Black, 13% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Dane County, the Hispanic share is about 8%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sennett Middle scores 73%.
Based on 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Sennett Middle has a ratio of 12.2:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Income data for the school show 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 32% average for public schools in Dane County is 21 points.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Dane County show that the median household earns about $89,975 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Dane County, 169 public schools serve about 78,525 students.
Among nearby public schools, LaFollette High is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sennett Middle. On state test proficiency, Sennett Middle ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Sennett Middle has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 570, compared with 648 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Sennett Middle lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- LaFollette High0.1 mi · 1,541
- Monona Grove Liberal Arts0.3 mi · 93
- Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School0.6 mi · 462
- Monona Grove High0.6 mi · 1,170
- Winnequah School0.9 mi · 602
- Nuestro Mundo0.9 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Sennett MiddleHow large is Sennett Middle?
Sennett Middle enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sennett Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sennett Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Sennett Middle?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Sennett Middle.
How diverse is Sennett Middle?
Sennett Middle reports a student body of 28% White, 39% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Sennett Middle in?
Sennett Middle is part of Madison Metropolitan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.