Taylor Prairie Elementary

Taylor Prairie Elementary is a small primary school in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, operated by Monona Grove School District. The school serves 264 students in grades pre-K through K.

Monona Grove School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,672 students; Taylor Prairie Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Taylor Prairie Elementary reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Taylor Prairie Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Taylor Prairie Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Dane County's rate of about 32%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate median household income runs about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Taylor Prairie Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glacial Drumlin School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 368 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 82% to 73%.

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