Summary:
ZIP code 53714 in Madison, Wisconsin is home to four public schools — three elementary schools (Kennedy Elementary, Schenk Elementary, and Hawthorne Elementary, serving grades K–5 or PK–5) and one middle school (Whitehorse Middle, grades 6–8) — all within the Madison Metropolitan School District, with 1,751 students total.
All four schools are rated 1 star and rank near the 15th–18th percentile statewide, and none outscores district or state averages in any 2025–2026 subject. Whitehorse Middle has the strongest broad proficiency average (36.2%) and a very low 0.3% dropout rate, below both district and state. Schenk Elementary has the best attendance and resource profile: lowest chronic absenteeism (24.8%), lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (58.12%), smallest classes (9.4 students per teacher), and highest per-student spending ($25,633). Kennedy Elementary is the largest school (582 students) and had the best elementary rank, with large year-over-year gains in 4th-grade ELA and science. Hawthorne Elementary has the highest need (66.67% free/reduced lunch, 35.0% chronic absenteeism) and the lowest proficiency average (30.3%), including the lowest single score in the data (9.3% in 3rd-grade math), but posted the biggest gains in social studies (+10.9 points) and science (+13.0 points).
Area-wide, math and ELA proficiency lag well behind district and state levels, while social studies and science are relative bright spots. Chronic absenteeism is a concern everywhere: all four schools exceed the state's 17.3% rate, with Whitehorse (32.4%) and Hawthorne (35.0%) also above the district's 29.6%. Year-to-year results swing widely, since small grade-level groups can move school averages dramatically.
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