Summary:
The Monona Grove School District serves roughly 3,672 students across seven schools — four elementary, one middle, and two high schools — covering grades PK through 12 in the Monona and Cottage Grove area. The district ranks 127 of 432 in Wisconsin, in the 71st percentile with 4 stars, and its schools post results that generally exceed state averages.
Monona Grove High is the largest school, with 1,170 students — nearly one-third of district enrollment. It ranks 91 of 533 (83rd percentile, 4 stars) and has climbed from 68th percentile in 2024–2025 and 65th percentile in 2023–2024. Its science (59.17%) and math (55.71%) scores lead the state by wide margins, and its 95.2% graduation rate and 0.1% dropout rate are strong, though chronic absenteeism of 19.5% is a concern. Winnequah School is the top elementary, at 214 of 1,039 (79th percentile, 4 stars), with large gains over state in grade 4 social studies (80.21%) and science (72.92%). Granite Ridge School is the most improved elementary, up to 66th percentile with 3 stars, and improved in every listed subject compared with the prior year.
Glacial Drumlin School (55th percentile, 3 stars) is uneven: 6th- and 7th-grade math and 8th-grade social studies (76.57%) are above state, but 8th-grade ELA (48.32%) and math (50.84%) fall below. Monona Grove Liberal Arts is small (93 students) and high-variance, with ACT Science at 80% yet 8th-grade math at 18.18%, the district's highest absenteeism (22.8%), and an 87.5% graduation rate. Attendance follows a clear pattern: the early-grade schools, Cottage Grove Elementary (10.4%) and Taylor Prairie Elementary (12.8%), have the lowest chronic absenteeism, while middle and high schools exceed the district's 16.7% and state's 17.3%. Neither early-grade school has current test scores because they serve grades 1–2 and PK–K.
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