Elementary · Wisconsin

Southside Elementary School

Free meals for all

Southside Elementary School, a public elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin: grades pre-k–5, 336 students, 9.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Madison Metropolitan School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
336
Teachers (FTE)
34.7
Students per teacher
9.7
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in Wisconsin

Median 12.9 · 1,090 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 55% of elementary schools in Wisconsin

Median 322 · 1,092 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Wisconsin's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Wisconsin: 53%

14%proficient

A lower share proficient than 95% of elementary schools in Wisconsin

Median 53% · 1,034 elementary schools compared

130 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Forward; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Wisconsin: 54%

17%proficient

A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in Wisconsin

Median 56% · 1,034 elementary schools compared

133 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Forward; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Madison Metropolitan School District.

Location

Address
501 E Badger Rd, Madison, WI 53713
Phone
(608)204-1056
City or town
Madison

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–539310.845%41%
Pre-K–230813.3——
Pre-K–644611.173%76%
One City Elementary SchoolCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–532812.633%20%
Leopold ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–562610.127%20%
Pre-K–531111.149%44%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 550852000929