Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852000962
Shorewood Hills Elementary
1105 Shorewood Blvd, Madison, WI 53705 · (608) 204-1200 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
11.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
89 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 | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
67%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
80.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
89.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.4% | 89.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.4% | 85.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Shorewood Hills Elementary
Shorewood Hills Elementary's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills Elementary this school | 368 | 24.2% | 84.5% |
| Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners Green Bay | 334 | 14.7% | 94.4% |
| Classical School Appleton | 487 | 16.2% | 75.6% |
| Meadow View Elementary Sun Prairie | 401 | 33.4% | 56.6% |
| Marcy Elementary Menomonee Falls | 488 | 11.1% | 84.3% |
| Cedar Hills Elementary Oak Creek | 295 | 40.3% | 54.4% |
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 Shorewood Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #8 of 982 | #1 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.6% | #6 of 992 ▲ 24 | #1 of 74 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #34 of 992 ▼ 3 | #3 of 74 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #422 of 1,157 | #49 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #199 of 901 | #34 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #128 of 901 | #24 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #823 of 1,064 | #52 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #209 of 664 | #22 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
368
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 368 | 31.9 | 11.5:1 | 24% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 30.7 | 12.4:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 29.6 | 12.9:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 32.6 | 14.2:1 | 25% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 31% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 27 | 15.5:1 | 34% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 29% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 28 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shorewood Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (463 to 368); teachers down 2% (32.6 to 31.9).
About Shorewood Hills Elementary
Students in Madison, Wisconsin, attend Shorewood Hills Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 368 students, in pre-K through 5.
The district for Shorewood Hills Elementary is Madison Metropolitan School District, with 53 schools and 25,155 students.
White students form the largest group at Shorewood Hills Elementary, 48% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 28% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Among people living in Dane County, the White share is about 77%. The chance that two students picked at random at Shorewood Hills Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Teachers at Shorewood Hills Elementary total 31.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 24%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Shorewood Hills Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Shorewood Hills Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 84.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Wisconsin are predicted to post 62.8%, so the school is 21.7 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Federal survey data for Dane County show that median household income is about $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shorewood Hills Elementary is among the 169 public schools in Dane County.
Capital High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Shorewood Hills Elementary is ahead of the 65.9% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
For locale, NCES codes Shorewood Hills Elementary as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Shorewood Hills Elementary went from 405 students to 368. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.1:1 to 11.5:1 over the same years.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Capital High0.8 mi · 129
- West High1.1 mi · 2,222
- Van Hise Elementary1.2 mi · 396
- Hamilton Middle1.3 mi · 790
- Randall Elementary School1.5 mi · 320
- Spring Harbor Middle1.5 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Shorewood Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Shorewood Hills Elementary?
Shorewood Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shorewood Hills Elementary serve?
Shorewood Hills Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Shorewood Hills Elementary have?
Shorewood Hills Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Shorewood Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Shorewood Hills Elementary are roughly 48% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 28% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Shorewood Hills Elementary public or private?
Shorewood Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison Metropolitan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.