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Madison Metropolitan School District

Madison, Wisconsin · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

25,155
Students enrolled
54
Public schools
2,167
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,586
  • Kindergarten 1,753
  • Grade 1 1,830
  • Grade 2 1,778
  • Grade 3 1,804
  • Grade 4 1,779
  • Grade 5 1,841
  • Grade 6 1,664
  • Grade 7 1,655
  • Grade 8 1,671
  • Grade 9 1,814
  • Grade 10 1,878
  • Grade 11 1,898
  • Grade 12 2,204

By race/ethnicity

  • White 39%
  • Hispanic/Latino 26%
  • Black or African American 18%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Asian 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 11,574 of 25,155 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 43%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$18,827 spent per student on day-to-day operations Wisconsin median: $15,562 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,476
  • Support services $8,000
  • Other (food service, etc.) $351

Where the money comes from

  • Local 72%
  • State 16%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $608.8 milliontotal spending $641.0 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 97% city, 3% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

4,232

District office

545 W Dayton St, Madison WI 53703

County

Dane County

Official website

NCES District ID

5508520

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About Madison Metropolitan School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The MMSD is committed to ensuring that every school is a thriving school that prepares every student graduate high school well-equipped for college, careers and their community. We serve over 27,000 students in 49 schools, including 32 elementary schools (grades K-5), 12 middle schools (grades 6-8), four comprehensive high schools and one alternative high school. We also have 4-year-old Kindergarten (4K), early childhood programs and alternative programs at the secondary level (grades 6-12). The District covers approximately 65 square miles including all or part of the cities of Madison and Fitchburg, the villages of Maple Bluff and Shorewood Hills, and the towns of Blooming Grove, Burke and Madison.
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Public Schools in Madison Metropolitan School District (57)

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