Summary:
ZIP code 53711 is home to 10 public schools — seven elementary and three middle schools, with no high schools — serving 4,138 students across three districts: Madison Metropolitan School District (7 schools, 2,925 students), Verona Area School District (2 schools, 767 students), and Oregon School District (1 school, 446 students). Elementary grade spans include PK–5, K–5, PK–6, and one PK–2 school; middle schools serve grades 6–8. The average school enrolls about 414 students, ranging from Cherokee Heights Middle at 526 students down to Orchard Ridge Elementary at 265.
The academic standout is Forest Edge Elementary in Oregon: ranked 103rd of 1,039 elementary schools (90th percentile, 5 stars), with chronic absenteeism of 5.8% versus the state's 17.3%, the ZIP's lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 16.82%, and the lowest per-student spending at $17,114. Its 5th grade ELA proficiency is 82.81% and 5th grade math is 79.69%. Savanna Oaks Middle in Verona is the top middle school at the 86th percentile (4 stars), up from the 56th percentile in 2023–24. Stoner Prairie Elementary, also Verona, sits at the 71st percentile (4 stars) with 8.6% chronic absenteeism.
MMSD schools generally post lower proficiency and higher absenteeism and poverty rates. Toki Middle is the strongest MMSD middle school at the 49th percentile (2 stars) with the ZIP's lowest student–teacher ratio, 9.8, though its 26.7% chronic absenteeism is above the state. Cherokee Heights Middle is the lowest performer (24th percentile, 1 star). Orchard Ridge Elementary has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 52.08%, while Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School, Huegel Elementary, and Orchard Ridge improved from 2024–25, and Thoreau Elementary slipped from 3 stars to 2. Midvale Elementary serves PK–2 and has no test or rank data. Notably, spending does not predict results here: the lowest-spending school is the highest performer, and middle school dropout rates are low across the board.
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