Muir Elementary

Summary:

Muir Elementary is a public elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin, serving 403 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Madison Metropolitan School District, which is ranked 330 out of 428 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Muir Elementary faces several challenges, including low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and significant equity gaps among student subgroups. The school's academic performance, as measured by the Forward Exam, is generally below the district and state averages across various grade levels and subject areas, particularly in Social Studies and Science. Muir's chronic absenteeism rates have been consistently high, ranging from 22.3% to 39% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian and White students performing relatively well, while African American, Hispanic, and students with special needs or from low socioeconomic backgrounds struggle.

While Muir Elementary's spending per student is relatively high, ranging from $14,440 to $15,156 over the past three school years, the academic outcomes suggest that the resources may not be effectively allocated or utilized to improve student performance. Compared to nearby schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District, such as Shorewood Hills Elementary and Van Hise Elementary, which consistently rank among the top elementary schools in Wisconsin, Muir's performance is generally lower. However, Muir does perform better than some other nearby schools, such as Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary, which also struggles with low academic achievement and high chronic absenteeism.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 6602 Inner Dr
       Madison, WI  53705-4297


(608) 663-8170

District: Madison Metropolitan School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
629th of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,106 Help


Students who attend Muir Elementary usually attend:

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

Student/teacher ratio:  10.6 Help
Number of students:  403

Racial breakdown:

White:
35.2%
African American:
26.6%
Asian:
18.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  46.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Muir Elementary ranks worse than 59.3% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 12th 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 49.44. (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 Muir Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (35.2%), African American (26.6%), Asian (18.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 46.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Muir Elementary is 10.6, which is the 14th 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 Muir Elementary is $15,106. 20 elementary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Muir Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Muir Elementary 629th of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Muir Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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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 Muir Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 36.55 472nd 633 25.4%
2005 49.56 402nd 632 36.4%
2006 56.40 408th 712 42.7%
2007 51.91 420th 689 39.0%
2008 55.71 549th 1021 46.2%
2009 50.88 619th 1030 39.9%
2010 60.01 477th 1045 54.4%
2011 61.19 446th 1046 57.4%
2012 53.28 614th 1045 41.2%
2013 57.27 485th 1053 53.9%
2014 66.11 327th 1061 69.2%
2015 53.89 579th 1076 46.2%
2016 54.92 515th 1075 52.1%
2017 39.28 723rd 1071 32.5%
2018 48.74 592nd 1025 42.2%
2019 45.04 653rd 1037 37.0%
2021 53.65 529th 1050 49.6%
2022 43.65 680th 1067 36.3%
2023 51.43 588th 1067 44.9%
2024 49.44 629th 1061 40.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 63.28 35th 119 70.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.81 58th 287 79.8%
2019 73.57 39th 275 85.8%
2022 76.89 23rd 248 90.7%
2023 73.22 32nd 249 87.1%
2024 73.45 41st 269 84.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.25 239th 721 66.9%
2019 62.15 216th 742 70.9%
2021 57.70 244th 746 67.3%
2022 60.70 220th 748 70.6%
2023 29.55 561st 770 27.1%
2024 20.44 683rd 790 13.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.67 727th 854 14.9%
2019 19.47 790th 874 9.6%
2021 27.29 678th 847 20.0%
2022 23.54 722nd 859 15.9%
2023 18.56 787th 871 9.6%
2024 21.95 745th 866 14.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.13 507th 997 49.1%
2019 46.92 603rd 1002 39.8%
2021 70.58 261st 1004 74.0%
2022 53.18 516th 1017 49.3%
2023 53.33 523rd 1010 48.2%
2024 52.30 562nd 1011 44.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.55 589th 997 40.9%
2019 44.29 633rd 1002 36.8%
2021 35.83 706th 1003 29.6%
2022 34.05 740th 1017 27.2%
2023 49.93 574th 1011 43.2%
2024 46.78 619th 1012 38.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.34 47th 107 56.1%
2019 66.91 41st 122 66.4%
2021 57.39 38th 106 64.2%
2022 53.66 44th 110 60.0%
2023 78.04 28th 116 75.9%
2024 78.90 30th 123 75.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.21 62nd 165 62.4%
2019 37.86 87th 161 46.0%
2021 41.30 73rd 141 48.2%
2022 43.57 63rd 133 52.6%
2023 46.80 58th 138 58.0%
2024 54.03 53rd 137 61.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 42.22 187th 331 43.5%
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Rank History for White students at Muir Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.99 104th 686 84.8%
2019 62.12 261st 718 63.6%
2021 83.08 76th 699 89.1%
2022 73.93 145th 704 79.4%
2023 73.98 142nd 715 80.1%
2024 71.86 177th 727 75.7%
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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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Muir Elementary Test Scores
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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Muir Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 229 44 27 26 n/a n/a n/a 0 326
1989 248 52 21 27 n/a n/a n/a 0 348
1990 274 47 27 33 0 n/a n/a 0 381
1991 318 51 28 29 0 n/a n/a 0 426
1992 347 51 33 36 0 n/a n/a 0 467
1993 337 53 43 37 1 n/a n/a 0 471
1994 365 54 51 43 1 n/a n/a 0 514
1995 285 44 49 40 2 n/a n/a 0 420
1996 285 44 49 40 2 n/a n/a 0 420
1997 276 49 46 44 3 n/a n/a 0 418
1998 268 59 54 51 1 n/a n/a 0 433
1999 266 64 50 45 2 n/a n/a 0 427
2000 273 57 65 39 1 n/a n/a 0 435
2001 274 72 70 38 2 n/a n/a 0 456
2002 282 84 72 37 2 n/a n/a 0 477
2003 282 84 72 37 2 n/a n/a 0 477
2004 296 84 56 40 2 n/a n/a 0 478
2005 260 94 54 42 2 n/a n/a 0 452
2006 256 93 50 40 4 n/a n/a 0 443
2007 264 88 75 42 3 n/a n/a 0 472
2008 264 88 81 58 3 n/a n/a 0 494
2009 233 87 83 61 1 n/a n/a 0 465
2010 232 78 75 66 3 n/a n/a 0 454
2011 208 70 70 76 2 0 13 0 439
2012 217 92 86 87 4 0 20 0 506
2013 213 84 80 76 2 0 28 0 483
2014 183 102 80 64 2 0 40 0 471
2015 179 84 93 55 4 0 41 0 456
2016 171 91 96 46 4 0 42 0 450
2017 161 85 91 48 2 0 38 0 425
2018 146 83 97 44 3 0 34 0 407
2019 149 110 110 37 1 0 41 0 448
2020 161 124 101 44 1 0 33 0 464
2021 146 124 104 47 2 0 34 0 457
2022 143 119 93 40 2 0 37 0 434
2023 142 107 76 38 3 0 37 0 403

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 Muir Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 326 22.3 14.6 15.6
1989 348 23.1 15.0 25.6
1990 381 30.2 12.6 23.6
1991 426 34.7 12.2 15.3
1992 467 37.1 12.5 15.8
1993 471 37.7 12.5 20.6
1994 514 37.1 13.9 20.4
1995 420 34.3 12.2 21.7
1996 420 34.3 12.2 21.7
1997 418 32.9 12.7 22.5
1998 433 32.8 13.2 21.9
1999 427 33.2 12.9 27.6
2000 435 33.0 13.2 28.5
2001 456 36.3 12.6 29.4
2002 477 39.2 12.2 25.6
2003 477 39.2 12.2 25.6
2004 478 39.9 12.0 26.2
2005 452 36.7 12.3 n/a
2006 443 36.2 12.2 n/a
2007 472 32.7 14.4 26.9
2008 494 32.6 15.2 30.4
2009 465 32.1 14.5 33.5
2010 454 32.1 14.1 35.2
2011 439 31.2 14.0 39.9
2012 506 31.3 16.1 40.7
2013 483 39.4 12.2 40
2014 471 37.4 12.5 42.9
2015 456 n/a n/a 37.1
2016 450 37.0 12.1 39.6
2017 425 34.7 12.2 39.3
2018 407 37.1 10.9 40.3
2019 448 37.1 12.0 42.9
2020 464 38.5 12.0 44
2021 457 35.4 12.9 48.1
2022 434 38.8 11.1 45.2
2023 403 37.7 10.6 46.2

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 Muir Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 326 22.3 14.6 15.6
1989 348 23.1 15.0 25.6
1990 381 30.2 12.6 23.6
1991 426 34.7 12.2 15.3
1992 467 37.1 12.5 15.8
1993 471 37.7 12.5 20.6
1994 514 37.1 13.9 20.4
1995 420 34.3 12.2 21.7
1996 420 34.3 12.2 21.7
1997 418 32.9 12.7 22.5
1998 433 32.8 13.2 21.9
1999 427 33.2 12.9 27.6
2000 435 33.0 13.2 28.5
2001 456 36.3 12.6 29.4
2002 477 39.2 12.2 25.6
2003 477 39.2 12.2 25.6
2004 478 39.9 12.0 26.2
2005 452 36.7 12.3 n/a
2006 443 36.2 12.2 n/a
2007 472 32.7 14.4 26.9
2008 494 32.6 15.2 30.4
2009 465 32.1 14.5 33.5
2010 454 32.1 14.1 35.2
2011 439 31.2 14.0 39.9
2012 506 31.3 16.1 40.7
2013 483 39.4 12.2 40
2014 471 37.4 12.5 42.9
2015 456 n/a n/a 37.1
2016 450 37.0 12.1 39.6
2017 425 34.7 12.2 39.3
2018 407 37.1 10.9 40.3
2019 448 37.1 12.0 42.9
2020 464 38.5 12.0 44
2021 457 35.4 12.9 48.1
2022 434 38.8 11.1 45.2
2023 403 37.7 10.6 46.2

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 Muir Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $298 (2.1%) $14,142 (97.9%) $14,440
2020 $658 (4.3%) $14,497 (95.7%) $15,156
2021 $807 (5.3%) $14,300 (94.7%) $15,106

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Muir Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 653rd of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 588th of 1067 Elementary schools
 7.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Muir Elementary)50.738.6
 12.1%
   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 (Muir Elementary)56.543.9
 12.7%
   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 (Muir Elementary)32.749.1
 16.4%
   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 (Muir Elementary)42.152.6
 10.5%
   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 (Muir Elementary)41.160.7
 19.6%
   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 (Muir Elementary)45.655.4
 9.8%
   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 (Muir Elementary)34.229.2
 5%
   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 (Muir Elementary)42.137.5
 4.6%
   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 Students448403
 10%
African American110107
 2.7%
American Indian13
 200%
Asian11076
 30.9%
Hispanic3738
 2.7%
Pacific Islander00
White149142
 4.7%
Two or More Races4137
 9.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.9%46.2%
 3.3%


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Muir Elementary ranks 629th of 1061 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 403 students attended Muir Elementary.

Students at Muir Elementary are 35% White, 27% African American, 19% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races.


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