Sennett Middle

Summary:

Sennett Middle is a public middle school located in Madison, Wisconsin, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 623 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. Sennett Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, with a ranking of 543 out of 641 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sennett Middle's academic performance, as measured by the Forward Exam, is significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 36.57% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 48.07% in the district and 54.1% statewide. Similarly, in 8th-grade Mathematics, only 31.58% of students were proficient or better, compared to 39.72% in the district and 53.29% statewide. Additionally, Sennett Middle has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 17.0% in the 2018-2019 school year to 36.7% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is notably higher than the district and state averages.

When comparing Sennett Middle to other nearby schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District, it becomes evident that Sennett Middle is one of the lower-performing schools in the district. For example, O'Keeffe Middle, which is located just 2.43 miles away, consistently outperforms Sennett Middle across all academic measures and has a much higher overall ranking and rating from SchoolDigger. Addressing the challenges faced by Sennett Middle, such as improving student engagement, attendance, and academic achievement, will require a comprehensive and targeted approach to ensure that all students have the opportunity to succeed.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 502 Pflaum Rd
       Madison, WI  53716-2193


(608) 204-1920

District: Madison Metropolitan School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
543rd of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,603 Help


Students who attend Sennett Middle usually attend:

High:    LaFollette High

Feeder schools for Sennett Middle:

Elementary:    Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School
    Elvehjem Elementary
    Nuestro Mundo
    Southside Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.0 Help
Number of students:  623

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
40.4%
White:
26.2%
African American:
16.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  59.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sennett Middle ranks worse than 84.7% of middle schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 9th among 12 ranked middle schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.99. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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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 Sennett Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (40.4%), White (26.2%), African American (16.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 59.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sennett Middle is 13. 10 middle schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sennett Middle is $15,603, which is the 3rd highest among 12 middle schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sennett Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Sennett Middle 543rd of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Sennett Middle 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 Sennett Middle

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Rank History for all students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 34.00 270th 324 16.7%
2005 30.42 280th 332 15.7%
2006 34.44 308th 382 19.4%
2007 40.08 285th 366 22.1%
2008 34.98 424th 519 18.3%
2009 22.67 456th 521 12.5%
2010 35.70 441st 539 18.2%
2011 24.08 484th 549 11.8%
2012 21.03 497th 559 11.1%
2013 21.83 489th 569 14.1%
2014 23.81 497th 585 15.0%
2015 21.32 516th 612 15.7%
2016 17.45 524th 609 14.0%
2017 14.26 538th 612 12.1%
2018 18.56 505th 579 12.8%
2019 20.52 507th 594 14.6%
2021 19.96 520th 613 15.2%
2022 26.11 497th 617 19.4%
2023 29.19 477th 640 25.5%
2024 19.99 543rd 641 15.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.47 84th 96 12.5%
2019 39.76 64th 101 36.6%
2021 29.49 98th 129 24.0%
2022 31.46 96th 126 23.8%
2023 38.18 88th 132 33.3%
2024 27.42 111th 131 15.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.21 57th 140 59.3%
2019 39.15 97th 153 36.6%
2022 58.19 44th 158 72.2%
2023 46.95 71st 170 58.2%
2024 41.85 94th 173 45.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.42 163rd 417 60.9%
2019 40.06 250th 414 39.6%
2021 28.72 337th 437 22.9%
2022 25.93 340th 421 19.2%
2023 40.19 258th 439 41.2%
2024 40.43 240th 425 43.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.13 467th 489 4.5%
2019 11.45 462nd 487 5.1%
2021 9.74 489th 499 2.0%
2022 16.80 477th 522 8.6%
2023 15.69 477th 525 9.1%
2024 6.52 499th 520 4.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.67 482nd 551 12.5%
2019 16.77 492nd 557 11.7%
2021 20.15 486th 574 15.3%
2022 25.00 466th 576 19.1%
2023 28.94 440th 579 24.0%
2024 18.37 492nd 580 15.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.49 468th 551 15.1%
2019 27.36 451st 557 19.0%
2021 24.44 464th 572 18.9%
2022 30.15 437th 577 24.3%
2023 37.02 388th 591 34.3%
2024 24.22 473rd 585 19.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.24 74th 90 17.8%
2019 36.68 52nd 91 42.9%
2021 33.66 55th 90 38.9%
2022 26.41 69th 95 27.4%
2023 45.05 41st 90 54.4%
2024 17.57 77th 87 11.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.33 103rd 123 16.3%
2019 35.16 75th 127 40.9%
2021 24.50 121st 134 9.7%
2022 40.64 65th 125 48.0%
2023 33.20 89th 130 31.5%
2024 29.77 86th 118 27.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.39 171st 204 16.2%
2019 23.45 175th 209 16.3%
2021 20.28 203rd 225 9.8%
2022 28.83 163rd 221 26.2%
2023 26.64 182nd 229 20.5%
2024 17.07 218th 239 8.8%
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Rank History for White students at Sennett Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.07 219th 375 41.6%
2019 40.72 250th 382 34.6%
2021 41.21 242nd 393 38.4%
2022 67.56 99th 397 75.1%
2023 70.04 95th 412 76.9%
2024 53.78 193rd 407 52.6%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Sennett Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 428 55 6 1 1 n/a n/a 0 491
1989 424 68 6 4 1 n/a n/a 0 503
1990 466 78 4 8 2 n/a n/a 0 558
1991 514 82 5 14 2 n/a n/a 0 617
1992 555 110 5 13 6 n/a n/a 0 689
1993 580 136 9 14 4 n/a n/a 0 743
1994 574 124 13 16 6 n/a n/a 0 733
1995 508 118 10 25 5 n/a n/a 0 666
1996 508 118 10 25 5 n/a n/a 0 666
1997 475 142 13 25 4 n/a n/a 0 659
1998 475 131 12 27 4 n/a n/a 0 649
1999 474 130 18 26 7 n/a n/a 0 655
2000 475 104 16 27 4 n/a n/a 0 626
2001 442 127 29 39 4 n/a n/a 0 641
2002 420 110 44 89 3 n/a n/a 0 666
2003 420 110 44 89 3 n/a n/a 0 666
2004 390 105 51 99 5 n/a n/a 0 650
2005 354 98 53 111 6 n/a n/a 0 622
2006 344 114 55 108 5 n/a n/a 0 626
2007 315 116 49 122 5 n/a n/a 0 607
2008 319 130 42 130 4 n/a n/a 0 625
2009 303 165 42 127 4 n/a n/a 0 641
2010 273 166 41 122 6 n/a n/a 0 608
2011 246 167 41 138 4 0 34 0 630
2012 219 138 41 141 7 0 42 0 588
2013 227 132 47 155 6 0 55 0 622
2014 213 118 43 169 2 0 62 0 607
2015 214 114 39 197 2 0 56 0 622
2016 201 125 32 220 3 0 66 0 647
2017 193 129 30 237 2 0 76 0 667
2018 190 136 39 233 3 1 69 0 671
2019 192 142 35 246 3 1 58 0 677
2020 177 121 37 245 2 1 49 0 632
2021 181 109 35 267 2 0 54 0 648
2022 171 111 37 262 1 0 58 0 640
2023 163 102 37 252 1 0 64 4 623

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 Sennett Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 491 36.9 13.3 15.5
1989 503 38.4 13.0 12.5
1990 558 39.3 14.1 15.4
1991 617 41.4 14.9 17
1992 689 47.5 14.5 16
1993 743 55.0 13.5 20.6
1994 733 55.1 13.3 20.5
1995 666 54.2 12.3 21.8
1996 666 54.2 12.3 21.8
1997 659 54.9 12.0 22.5
1998 649 53.1 12.2 21.9
1999 655 49.9 13.1 27.6
2000 626 51.0 12.3 28.3
2001 641 50.5 12.7 29.5
2002 666 60.2 11.1 34.8
2003 666 60.2 11.1 34.8
2004 650 59.7 10.9 41.5
2005 622 53.0 11.7 n/a
2006 626 53.5 11.7 n/a
2007 607 49.5 12.3 47.1
2008 625 50.4 12.4 47.4
2009 641 49.8 12.9 52.9
2010 608 49.1 12.3 57.7
2011 630 49.6 12.7 64.4
2012 588 47.7 12.3 61.4
2013 622 48.5 12.8 63.8
2014 607 50.3 12.0 61.6
2015 622 n/a n/a 63.2
2016 647 56.0 11.5 66.6
2017 667 55.9 11.9 65.8
2018 671 55.6 12.0 66
2019 677 54.7 12.3 65.6
2020 632 56.1 11.2 63
2021 648 56.1 11.5 65
2022 640 54.0 11.8 57
2023 623 47.7 13.0 59.4

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 Sennett Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 491 36.9 13.3 15.5
1989 503 38.4 13.0 12.5
1990 558 39.3 14.1 15.4
1991 617 41.4 14.9 17
1992 689 47.5 14.5 16
1993 743 55.0 13.5 20.6
1994 733 55.1 13.3 20.5
1995 666 54.2 12.3 21.8
1996 666 54.2 12.3 21.8
1997 659 54.9 12.0 22.5
1998 649 53.1 12.2 21.9
1999 655 49.9 13.1 27.6
2000 626 51.0 12.3 28.3
2001 641 50.5 12.7 29.5
2002 666 60.2 11.1 34.8
2003 666 60.2 11.1 34.8
2004 650 59.7 10.9 41.5
2005 622 53.0 11.7 n/a
2006 626 53.5 11.7 n/a
2007 607 49.5 12.3 47.1
2008 625 50.4 12.4 47.4
2009 641 49.8 12.9 52.9
2010 608 49.1 12.3 57.7
2011 630 49.6 12.7 64.4
2012 588 47.7 12.3 61.4
2013 622 48.5 12.8 63.8
2014 607 50.3 12.0 61.6
2015 622 n/a n/a 63.2
2016 647 56.0 11.5 66.6
2017 667 55.9 11.9 65.8
2018 671 55.6 12.0 66
2019 677 54.7 12.3 65.6
2020 632 56.1 11.2 63
2021 648 56.1 11.5 65
2022 640 54.0 11.8 57
2023 623 47.7 13.0 59.4

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 Sennett Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $781 (5.4%) $13,661 (94.6%) $14,442
2020 $784 (5.0%) $14,889 (95.0%) $15,674
2021 $721 (4.6%) $14,883 (95.4%) $15,603

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Sennett Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 507th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 477th of 640 Middle schools
 10.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Sennett Middle)19.629.5
 9.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Madison Metropolitan School District)32.242
 9.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Sennett Middle)27.129.3
 2.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Madison Metropolitan School District)35.437
 1.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Sennett Middle)24.233.7
 9.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Madison Metropolitan School District)38.836.7
 2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Sennett Middle)28.423.6
 4.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Madison Metropolitan School District)35.929.2
 6.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Sennett Middle)21.125.7
 4.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Madison Metropolitan School District)32.638.3
 5.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Sennett Middle)24.120.5
 3.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Madison Metropolitan School District)31.131.6
 0.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Sennett Middle)34.841.9
 7.1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Madison Metropolitan School District)44.255.6
 11.4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Sennett Middle)3631.6
 4.4%
   8th Grade Science (Madison Metropolitan School District)44.244
 0.3%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students677623
 8%
African American142102
 28.2%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian3537
 5.7%
Hispanic246252
 2.4%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White192163
 15.1%
Two or More Races5864
 10.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.6%59.4%
 6.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sennett Middle

Students who attend Sennett Middle usually go on to attend LaFollette High

In the 2022-23 school year, 623 students attended Sennett Middle.

Students at Sennett Middle are 40% Hispanic, 26% White, 16% African American, 10% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

Sennett Middle ranks in the bottom 15.3% of Wisconsin middle schools.


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