Summary:
ZIP code 53716 in the Madison area contains 8 schools — 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 3 high schools — serving 5,164 students across two districts: the Madison Metropolitan School District (5 schools, 3,299 students) and the Monona Grove School District (3 schools, 1,865 students).
The ZIP splits into two very different school worlds. Monona Grove High is the strongest comprehensive high school here, ranking 91 of 533 (4 stars, 83rd percentile) with a 95.2% graduation rate, 0.1% dropout rate, 19.5% chronic absenteeism, and above-average 10th-grade scores in social studies, ELA, math, and science. Winnequah School is the top elementary, ranking 214 of 1,039 (4 stars, 79th percentile), with the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 15.2% — the only school below the state's 17.3% — and the lowest per-student spending at $16,598. Elvehjem Elementary is the MMSD bright spot: 479 of 1,039 (3 stars, 54th percentile), above state averages in six of eight elementary tests. Monona Grove Liberal Arts, a small 93-student school, ranks 101 of 533 (4 stars) but posts uneven results and an 87.5% graduation rate.
By contrast, LaFollette High, the largest school at 1,541 students, ranks 428 of 533 (1 star, 20th percentile) with the ZIP's highest chronic absenteeism at 42.3% and test scores below district and state. Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School (857 of 1,039, 1 star) has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (58.66%), the highest spending ($23,893), and the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.2), yet the lowest elementary test average. Sennett Middle (503 of 643, 1 star) falls below state averages in all middle-grade subjects. Overall, the strongest patterns in this ZIP are district context, poverty level, and chronic absenteeism — not spending or class size.
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