Regular local school district · Dane County
Madison Metropolitan School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Madison Metropolitan School District runs 54 public schools with 25,155 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 54
- Students
- 25,155
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,167
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 545 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53703
- Phone
- (608)663-1879
- County
- Dane County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5508520
- State district ID
- WI-3269
- Total staff (FTE)
- 4,231
- School counselors (FTE)
- 49.0About 513 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 86.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
Wisconsin14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (26,151), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $497.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $32.0 million
- State revenue
- $96.1 million
- Local revenue
- $369.8 million
- Total spending
- $452.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,320
- Salaries
- $249.2 million55.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $132.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.4%
- State: 19.3%
- Local: 74.3%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,320
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Madison Metropolitan School District
By level: 7 high, 13 middle, 32 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| 4K PK Off Site | Prekindergarten | PK | 619 | 13.2 |
| Badger Rock MiddleCEP schoolCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 92 | 10.2 |
| Black Hawk MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 300 | 8.8 |
| Capital HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 129 | 9.2 |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 631 | 12.1 |
| Cherokee Heights Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 526 | 11.4 |
| Crestwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 293 | 12.2 |
| Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 462 | 10.3 |
| East High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,643 | 15.5 |
| Elvehjem Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 415 | 13.8 |
| Emerson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 297 | 10.2 |
| Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 462 | 11.6 |
| Franklin Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 308 | 13.4 |
| Gompers Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 217 | 9.4 |
| Hamilton Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 790 | 14.6 |
| Hawthorne ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 360 | 10.3 |
| Huegel Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 417 | 11.0 |
| Innovative and Alternative Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 0 | |
| Innovative High | High | 9 to 12 | 138 | 8.1 |
| James Wright MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 245 | 9.8 |
| Kennedy Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 582 | 11.0 |
| LaFollette High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,541 | 14.8 |
| Lake View ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 292 | 9.1 |
| Lapham Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 182 | 8.3 |
| Leopold ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 626 | 10.3 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 393 | 10.9 |
| Lindbergh ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 180 | 10.0 |
| Lowell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 329 | 12.2 |
| Marquette Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 169 | 11.3 |
| Mendota ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 282 | 9.7 |
| Metro School | Other | 4 to 12 | 12 | 2.0 |
| Midvale Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 372 | 10.6 |
| Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 455 | 10.6 |
| Muir Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 377 | 10.2 |
| Nuestro MundoCharter | Elementary | PK to 5 | 311 | 11.1 |
| O'Keeffe Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 434 | 11.7 |
| Olson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 462 | 11.0 |
| Orchard Ridge ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 265 | 11.5 |
| Randall Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 320 | 15.2 |
| Sandburg ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 410 | 10.2 |
| Schenk ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 394 | 9.6 |
| Sennett Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 570 | 12.4 |
| Shabazz-City High | High | 9 to 12 | 106 | 7.6 |
| Sherman MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 400 | 11.1 |
| Shorewood Hills Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 368 | 11.9 |
| Southside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 336 | 9.9 |
| Spring Harbor Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 269 | 12.2 |
| Stephens Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 447 | 10.4 |
| Thoreau Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 403 | 11.2 |
| Toki Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 487 | 9.9 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.