Stephens Elementary

Summary:

Stephens Elementary is a public elementary school located in Madison, Wisconsin, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 493 students. The school is part of the Madison Metropolitan School District, which is ranked 330 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Stephens Elementary has shown strong academic performance, with students consistently outperforming the district and state averages in the Forward Exam for English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. The school's performance is particularly noteworthy for its White and Asian student subgroups, as well as its English Language Learner and Special Education students, who rank in the top 30% and top 20% of Wisconsin elementary schools, respectively. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 9.3% to 31.5% in recent years, is an area of concern that the school and district should address.

Compared to nearby schools, Midvale Elementary and Orchard Ridge Elementary lag behind Stephens Elementary in academic performance, while Shorewood Hills Elementary and Van Hise Elementary outperform it. Stephens Elementary's relatively high spending per student ($15,396 in 2020-2021) and moderate student-teacher ratio of 11.9 suggest a well-resourced learning environment, which may contribute to its academic success.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 120 S Rosa Rd
       Madison, WI  53705-4499


(608) 204-1900

District: Madison Metropolitan School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
624th of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,396 Help


Students who attend Stephens Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School
    Spring Harbor Middle
High:    Vel Phillips Memorial High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.5 Help
Number of students:  482

Racial breakdown:

White:
43.2%
Hispanic:
28.2%
African American:
12.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  37.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Stephens Elementary ranks worse than 58.8% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 11th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.43. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Stephens Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (43.2%), Hispanic (28.2%), African American (12.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 37.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Stephens Elementary is 11.5, which is the 16th best among 29 elementary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Stephens Elementary is $15,396. 18 elementary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Stephens Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Stephens Elementary 624th of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Stephens Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Madison Metropolitan School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Madison Metropolitan School District 330th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Stephens Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 21.90 531st 633 16.1%
2005 58.45 336th 632 46.8%
2006 67.63 277th 712 61.1%
2007 64.97 286th 689 58.5%
2008 67.24 345th 1021 66.2%
2009 46.38 693rd 1030 32.7%
2010 64.27 395th 1045 62.2%
2011 67.08 324th 1046 69.0%
2012 68.67 310th 1045 70.3%
2013 69.37 255th 1053 75.8%
2014 76.72 167th 1061 84.3%
2015 51.01 614th 1076 42.9%
2016 34.11 788th 1075 26.7%
2017 45.48 652nd 1071 39.1%
2018 55.34 490th 1025 52.2%
2019 50.71 575th 1037 44.6%
2021 73.11 244th 1050 76.8%
2022 71.08 269th 1067 74.8%
2023 63.08 411th 1067 61.5%
2024 50.43 624th 1061 41.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.81 16th 85 81.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.63 223rd 287 22.3%
2019 44.77 146th 275 46.9%
2022 74.02 30th 248 87.9%
2023 59.33 67th 249 73.1%
2024 49.82 114th 269 57.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.16 447th 721 38.0%
2019 30.12 542nd 742 27.0%
2021 65.76 174th 746 76.7%
2022 68.17 159th 748 78.7%
2023 70.54 149th 770 80.6%
2024 70.76 163rd 790 79.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.53 810th 854 5.2%
2019 11.74 838th 874 4.1%
2021 51.40 387th 847 54.3%
2022 28.86 667th 859 22.4%
2023 25.63 726th 871 16.6%
2024 8.51 837th 866 3.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.65 408th 997 59.1%
2019 56.17 464th 1002 53.7%
2021 72.74 236th 1004 76.5%
2022 69.48 282nd 1017 72.3%
2023 64.57 355th 1010 64.9%
2024 53.65 543rd 1011 46.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.10 536th 997 46.2%
2019 45.54 609th 1002 39.2%
2021 66.99 297th 1003 70.4%
2022 71.03 263rd 1017 74.1%
2023 61.87 399th 1011 60.5%
2024 47.01 617th 1012 39.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.34 20th 107 81.3%
2019 76.01 33rd 122 73.0%
2021 82.30 21st 106 80.2%
2022 65.01 41st 110 62.7%
2023 71.62 33rd 116 71.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 63.57 32nd 133 75.9%
2023 53.63 44th 138 68.1%
2024 42.72 75th 137 45.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.15 239th 271 11.8%
2019 21.01 233rd 266 12.4%
2021 60.80 76th 274 72.3%
2022 38.01 176th 296 40.5%
2023 40.52 165th 290 43.1%
2024 25.35 260th 331 21.5%
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Rank History for White students at Stephens Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.71 55th 686 92.0%
2019 80.51 92nd 718 87.2%
2021 75.81 119th 699 83.0%
2022 93.96 14th 704 98.0%
2023 90.00 25th 715 96.5%
2024 84.09 60th 727 91.7%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Stephens Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 234 29 11 9 2 n/a n/a 0 285
1989 238 27 11 9 1 n/a n/a 0 286
1990 342 16 22 1 1 n/a n/a 0 382
1991 397 24 24 12 3 n/a n/a 0 460
1992 411 25 28 11 3 n/a n/a 0 478
1993 448 21 31 13 4 n/a n/a 0 517
1994 450 17 21 11 2 n/a n/a 0 501
1995 463 63 34 12 3 n/a n/a 0 575
1996 463 63 34 12 3 n/a n/a 0 575
1997 442 89 38 13 5 n/a n/a 0 587
1998 401 108 64 12 4 n/a n/a 0 589
1999 385 115 66 17 6 n/a n/a 0 589
2000 343 109 66 24 5 n/a n/a 0 547
2001 282 79 67 29 5 n/a n/a 0 462
2002 225 75 85 45 3 n/a n/a 0 433
2003 225 75 85 45 3 n/a n/a 0 433
2004 230 83 85 44 5 n/a n/a 0 447
2005 236 75 87 44 0 n/a n/a 0 442
2006 259 98 117 49 1 n/a n/a 0 524
2007 256 89 118 47 1 n/a n/a 0 511
2008 258 89 132 45 3 n/a n/a 0 527
2009 195 72 121 34 0 n/a n/a 0 422
2010 209 60 132 41 1 n/a n/a 0 443
2011 220 40 131 69 0 2 32 0 494
2012 252 69 134 101 0 1 40 0 597
2013 217 60 114 106 1 1 34 0 533
2014 221 51 100 128 1 0 30 0 531
2015 230 55 90 153 0 0 36 0 564
2016 226 52 89 153 1 0 34 0 555
2017 228 48 96 170 2 0 33 0 577
2018 221 54 83 179 3 0 38 0 578
2019 212 54 77 165 2 0 42 0 552
2020 214 58 72 168 5 0 42 0 559
2021 202 58 57 159 3 0 43 0 522
2022 192 50 37 146 3 0 45 0 473
2023 199 72 44 135 1 0 42 0 493
2024 208 60 33 136 1 0 44 0 482

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Stephens Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 285 19.0 15.0 15.4
1989 286 21.3 13.4 4.9
1990 382 19.5 19.5 3.1
1991 460 24.5 18.7 14.8
1992 478 23.9 20.0 15.9
1993 517 27.9 18.5 20.5
1994 501 27.8 18.0 20.4
1995 575 29.4 19.6 21.7
1996 575 29.4 19.6 21.7
1997 587 35.6 16.5 22.5
1998 589 35.1 16.8 21.9
1999 589 43.9 13.4 27.7
2000 547 44.3 12.3 28.3
2001 462 40.8 11.3 29.4
2002 433 35.8 12.1 32.1
2003 433 35.8 12.1 32.1
2004 447 37.7 11.9 34
2005 442 37.2 11.9 n/a
2006 524 37.9 13.8 n/a
2007 511 40.0 12.8 30.7
2008 527 42.2 12.5 28.8
2009 422 31.3 13.5 23.9
2010 443 30.3 14.6 26.4
2011 494 32.3 15.2 29.1
2012 597 34.2 17.4 31.3
2013 533 53.5 9.9 35.6
2014 531 42.8 12.4 36.9
2015 564 n/a n/a 38.3
2016 555 46.0 12.0 39.3
2017 577 46.2 12.4 41.6
2018 578 45.9 12.5 40.8
2019 552 45.2 12.2 42
2020 559 44.3 12.6 41.7
2021 522 43.6 11.9 43.1
2022 473 41.5 11.3 34
2023 493 41.4 11.9 35.3
2024 482 41.6 11.5 37.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Stephens Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 285 19.0 15.0 15.4
1989 286 21.3 13.4 4.9
1990 382 19.5 19.5 3.1
1991 460 24.5 18.7 14.8
1992 478 23.9 20.0 15.9
1993 517 27.9 18.5 20.5
1994 501 27.8 18.0 20.4
1995 575 29.4 19.6 21.7
1996 575 29.4 19.6 21.7
1997 587 35.6 16.5 22.5
1998 589 35.1 16.8 21.9
1999 589 43.9 13.4 27.7
2000 547 44.3 12.3 28.3
2001 462 40.8 11.3 29.4
2002 433 35.8 12.1 32.1
2003 433 35.8 12.1 32.1
2004 447 37.7 11.9 34
2005 442 37.2 11.9 n/a
2006 524 37.9 13.8 n/a
2007 511 40.0 12.8 30.7
2008 527 42.2 12.5 28.8
2009 422 31.3 13.5 23.9
2010 443 30.3 14.6 26.4
2011 494 32.3 15.2 29.1
2012 597 34.2 17.4 31.3
2013 533 53.5 9.9 35.6
2014 531 42.8 12.4 36.9
2015 564 n/a n/a 38.3
2016 555 46.0 12.0 39.3
2017 577 46.2 12.4 41.6
2018 578 45.9 12.5 40.8
2019 552 45.2 12.2 42
2020 559 44.3 12.6 41.7
2021 522 43.6 11.9 43.1
2022 473 41.5 11.3 34
2023 493 41.4 11.9 35.3
2024 482 41.6 11.5 37.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Stephens Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $386 (2.6%) $14,431 (97.4%) $14,817
2020 $408 (2.8%) $13,957 (97.2%) $14,366
2021 $499 (3.2%) $14,898 (96.8%) $15,396

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Stephens Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 575th of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 411th of 1067 Elementary schools
 16.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Stephens Elementary)20.240.8
 20.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Madison Metropolitan School District)35.334.9
 0.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)39.537.9
 1.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Stephens Elementary)34.949.4
 14.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Madison Metropolitan School District)45.840.3
 5.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)50.548.8
 1.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Stephens Elementary)54.147.5
 6.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Madison Metropolitan School District)41.944.9
 3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)43.945.8
 1.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Stephens Elementary)65.154.2
 10.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Madison Metropolitan School District)45.942.2
 3.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)46.246.5
 0.2%
4th Grade Social Studies (Stephens Elementary)59.362.7
 3.4%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Madison Metropolitan School District)50.156.6
 6.6%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)53.459.7
 6.4%
4th Grade Science (Stephens Elementary)55.855.9
 0.1%
   4th Grade Science (Madison Metropolitan School District)48.250.5
 2.4%
   4th Grade Science (Wisconsin)53.952.1
 1.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Stephens Elementary)37.552.9
 15.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Madison Metropolitan School District)38.538.2
 0.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Stephens Elementary)48.757.5
 8.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Madison Metropolitan School District)4541.5
 3.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students552493
 10.7%
African American5472
 33.3%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian7744
 42.9%
Hispanic165135
 18.2%
Pacific Islander00
White212199
 6.1%
Two or More Races4242
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42%35.3%
 6.7%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 482 students attended Stephens Elementary.

Stephens Elementary ranks 624th of 1061 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Stephens Elementary are 43% White, 28% Hispanic, 12% African American, 9% Two or more races, 7% Asian.


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