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Black student results in Madison Metropolitan

Across 35 schools in Madison Metropolitan, 12.9% of Black students meet proficient. That is 6.8 points below the Wisconsin average for Black students.

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42.3%
All students
12.9%
Black
23.6%
Hispanic
69.7%
White
42.7%
Asian

Average across the 35 schools in Madison Metropolitan with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 29 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Hamilton Middle reports 30.8% of Black students meeting the standard. Lowell Elementary, in the same district, reports 0%. That is a 30.8-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Madison Metropolitan

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Hamilton Middle 76.9% 30.8% 53.9% 84.7% 78.3%
James Wright Middle Magnet 30% 23.6% 20.2% 75%
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School 40.3% 23% 24.2% 72.8%
Cherokee Heights Middle 42% 22.4% 14.9% 75.1% 38.1%
Hawthorne Elementary 28.5% 20.9% 18.1% 57.1% 41.7%
Cesar Chavez Elementary 46.2% 20.8% 15.3% 70.5% 50%
Mendota Elementary 27.6% 19.5% 18.8% 46.2%
Lake View Elementary 31% 18.2% 14.9% 75% 38.7%
Thoreau Elementary 58% 18.2% 20.4% 85.6%
Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School 36.5% 17.6% 19.5% 74.5% 33.3%
Stephens Elementary 48.7% 17.3% 19.5% 74.7%
Crestwood Elementary 67.1% 16.7% 44.4% 89.6%
Elvehjem Elementary 52.1% 16.7% 47.4% 65%
Huegel Elementary 50.6% 14.3% 29.3% 74.3%
Marquette Elementary 64.6% 13.5% 87.4%
Muir Elementary 52.5% 13.5% 70.5% 80.6%
Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School 40% 13.4% 18.5% 77.6% 54.5%
Southside Elementary School 15.2% 13.2% 7.7% 48%
Whitehorse Middle 35.4% 12.1% 29.3% 72% 31.2%
Sherman Middle 31.4% 10.2% 20.4% 64% 14.3%
Black Hawk Middle 30.4% 10.1% 20.8% 69.8% 29.2%
Leopold Elementary 23.8% 9.2% 8.9% 61.5%
Lindbergh Elementary 19.3% 9.1% 25%
Toki Middle 51.6% 8.9% 26.4% 72.8% 68.8%
Lincoln Elementary 43% 8.8% 16.4% 76.2% 12.5%
O'Keeffe Middle 59.2% 8.1% 36.7% 85.5%
Sennett Middle 35.4% 7.6% 21.7% 62.9% 37.9%
Randall Elementary School 69.1% 7.5% 42.2% 85% 40.7%
Emerson Elementary 44.4% 7.1% 22.2% 76.2%
Schenk Elementary 27.6% 6.3% 9.7% 60.9%
Kennedy Elementary 25.9% 6.1% 25% 53.6% 33.3%
Badger Rock Middle Charter 34.8% 5.6% 19.7% 65.2%
Gompers Elementary 44% 0% 8.3% 54.3%
Lowell Elementary 54.9% 0% 37.5% 76.2%
Orchard Ridge Elementary 42.9% 0% 22.2% 75%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Wisconsin suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 309 of Wisconsin's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Wisconsin figures should not be compared against another state's.

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