Shorewood Hills Elementary

Shorewood Hills Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Madison, Wisconsin, part of Madison Metropolitan School District, with 368 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Madison Metropolitan School District comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 25,155 students; Shorewood Hills Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shorewood Hills Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at Shorewood Hills Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Shorewood Hills Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 84.5%, a residual of +21.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate median household income runs about $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Shorewood Hills Elementary is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

The closest other public school is Capital High, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shorewood Hills Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shorewood Hills Elementary has decreased 21%, going from 463 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 40% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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