Winnequah School

Located at 800 Greenway Rd, in Monona, Wisconsin, Winnequah School is a sprawling elementary school that works with 602 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Monona Grove School District. That puts it 86% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Within Monona Grove School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,672 students, Winnequah School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Winnequah School reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Winnequah School shows 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at Winnequah School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Dane County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Winnequah School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 68.7%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the broader community, Dane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, 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 Winnequah School is one.

The closest other public school is Nuestro Mundo, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winnequah School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.8%.

Winnequah School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 602 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 84% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Winnequah School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.