Glacial Drumlin School

Summary:

Glacial Drumlin School is a public middle school located in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 768 students. The school is part of the Monona Grove School District, which is ranked 197 out of 428 school districts in Wisconsin and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Glacial Drumlin School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from a high of 35th out of 585 Wisconsin middle schools in 2013-2014 (with a 5-star rating) to 375th out of 641 in 2023-2024 (with a 2-star rating). The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with relatively strong performance for female and Asian students, but struggles with lower rankings for African American, Hispanic, and multi-racial students, as well as students with low socioeconomic status and English language learners. The school's test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics are generally below the state and district averages, with the exception of 6th-grade ELA, where the school outperforms the state and district.

When compared to nearby middle schools, Glacial Drumlin School generally performs worse than the higher-ranked Indian Mound Middle (McFarland School District) and O'Keeffe Middle (Madison Metropolitan School District), but better than the lower-ranked schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District, such as Sherman Middle and Whitehorse Middle. To improve, the school may need to focus on addressing the needs of underperforming student groups, improving attendance, and aligning its curriculum and instruction to state standards.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 801 Damascus Tr
       Cottage Grove, WI  53527


(608) 839-8437

District: Monona Grove School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
375th of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools


Students who attend Glacial Drumlin School usually attend:

High:    Monona Grove High

Feeder schools for Glacial Drumlin School:

Elementary:    Cottage Grove Elementary
    Taylor Prairie Elementary
    Winnequah School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.1 Help
Number of students:  768

Racial breakdown:

White:
79.3%
Hispanic:
7.4%
Two or more races:
7.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19.3% Help


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Compare Details Glacial Drumlin School ranks worse than 58.5% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 48.59. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (79.3%), Hispanic (7.4%), two or more races (7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Glacial Drumlin School is 12.1. (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Glacial Drumlin School:

SchoolDigger ranks Glacial Drumlin School 375th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Glacial Drumlin School in the ranking list.)

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Monona Grove School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Monona Grove School District 197th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Glacial Drumlin School

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Rank History for all students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 72.39 77th 324 76.2%
2005 74.05 63rd 332 81.0%
2006 79.93 28th 382 92.7%
2007 81.65 21st 366 94.3%
2008 73.22 88th 519 83.0%
2009 76.77 61st 521 88.3%
2010 76.01 61st 539 88.7%
2011 70.55 119th 549 78.3%
2012 77.83 53rd 559 90.5%
2013 81.26 56th 569 90.2%
2014 84.61 35th 585 94.0%
2015 78.42 75th 612 87.7%
2016 77.20 88th 609 85.6%
2017 78.16 78th 612 87.3%
2018 69.40 136th 579 76.5%
2019 74.33 119th 594 80.0%
2021 73.77 116th 613 81.1%
2022 52.77 299th 617 51.5%
2023 49.74 328th 640 48.8%
2024 48.59 375th 641 41.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.09 41st 96 57.3%
2019 44.49 59th 101 41.6%
2021 64.33 31st 129 76.0%
2022 42.30 74th 126 41.3%
2023 27.78 106th 132 19.7%
2024 35.02 96th 131 26.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.03 139th 140 0.7%
2019 53.13 50th 153 67.3%
2022 26.27 142nd 158 10.1%
2023 33.27 125th 170 26.5%
2024 24.82 159th 173 8.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.35 265th 417 36.5%
2019 65.25 86th 414 79.2%
2021 56.38 130th 437 70.3%
2022 43.21 224th 421 46.8%
2023 47.85 196th 439 55.4%
2024 29.75 324th 425 23.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.60 269th 489 45.0%
2019 54.95 187th 487 61.6%
2021 54.15 191st 499 61.7%
2022 31.39 388th 522 25.7%
2023 30.81 384th 525 26.9%
2024 18.46 461st 520 11.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.03 169th 551 69.3%
2019 71.44 127th 557 77.2%
2021 76.43 91st 574 84.1%
2022 53.55 275th 576 52.3%
2023 46.84 325th 579 43.9%
2024 51.28 318th 580 45.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.21 115th 551 79.1%
2019 75.74 98th 557 82.4%
2021 68.32 154th 572 73.1%
2022 53.00 268th 577 53.6%
2023 53.22 275th 591 53.5%
2024 46.73 349th 585 40.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 61.96 30th 90 66.7%
2023 35.87 53rd 90 41.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 83.09 14th 127 89.0%
2021 66.74 25th 134 81.3%
2022 55.64 40th 125 68.0%
2023 30.14 97th 130 25.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.68 157th 204 23.0%
2019 38.88 139th 209 33.5%
2021 53.79 92nd 225 59.1%
2022 45.33 114th 221 48.4%
2023 24.37 190th 229 17.0%
2024 22.85 202nd 239 15.5%
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Rank History for White students at Glacial Drumlin School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.60 98th 375 73.9%
2019 72.04 75th 382 80.4%
2021 72.77 72nd 393 81.7%
2022 44.55 225th 397 43.3%
2023 42.37 239th 412 42.0%
2024 40.79 252nd 407 38.1%
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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 Glacial Drumlin School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 346 5 6 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 358
1989 354 3 3 1 3 n/a n/a 0 364
1990 386 6 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 396
1991 389 7 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1992 400 9 4 0 1 n/a n/a 0 414
1993 447 13 2 2 1 n/a n/a 0 465
1994 482 12 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 498
1995 482 20 5 8 2 n/a n/a 0 517
1996 482 20 5 8 2 n/a n/a 0 517
1997 499 16 5 11 2 n/a n/a 0 533
1998 533 17 8 14 2 n/a n/a 0 574
1999 541 20 9 13 2 n/a n/a 0 585
2000 539 27 12 12 3 n/a n/a 0 593
2001 572 31 13 18 2 n/a n/a 0 636
2002 611 34 11 19 1 n/a n/a 0 676
2003 611 34 11 19 1 n/a n/a 0 676
2004 593 25 9 27 3 n/a n/a 0 657
2005 637 25 14 26 2 n/a n/a 0 704
2006 580 31 19 20 4 n/a n/a 0 654
2007 578 36 21 17 1 n/a n/a 0 653
2008 535 36 17 18 1 n/a n/a 0 607
2009 617 44 18 23 1 n/a n/a 0 703
2010 625 48 23 20 4 n/a n/a 0 720
2011 666 40 18 38 1 0 25 0 788
2012 679 32 22 31 1 0 33 0 798
2013 692 20 27 34 2 0 27 0 802
2014 715 16 31 44 1 1 36 0 844
2015 723 21 28 40 4 0 37 0 853
2016 745 23 29 50 4 0 40 0 891
2017 763 29 29 50 5 2 39 0 917
2018 743 24 31 43 4 1 43 0 889
2019 724 24 30 52 2 1 38 0 871
2020 742 24 37 47 2 0 41 0 893
2021 767 26 30 52 2 0 44 0 921
2022 644 26 16 50 2 0 41 0 779
2023 609 26 20 57 2 0 54 0 768

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 Glacial Drumlin School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 358 26.9 13.3 5.3
1989 364 29.0 12.5 4.7
1990 396 27.9 14.1 4.8
1991 402 30.7 13.0 4
1992 414 28.5 14.5 5.1
1993 465 30.0 15.5 4.9
1994 498 34.5 14.4 3.6
1995 517 40.0 12.9 4.6
1996 517 40.0 12.9 4.6
1997 533 40.8 13.1 4.7
1998 574 41.8 13.7 4.5
1999 585 46.3 12.6 7.5
2000 593 47.7 12.4 8.3
2001 636 52.5 12.1 8
2002 676 57.1 11.8 9.3
2003 676 57.1 11.8 9.3
2004 657 54.6 12.0 10.4
2005 704 51.8 13.6 n/a
2006 654 51.2 12.8 n/a
2007 653 53.3 12.3 9.3
2008 607 52.8 11.5 11.4
2009 703 55.0 12.8 14.2
2010 720 55.7 12.9 17.6
2011 788 51.6 15.2 19.5
2012 798 61.2 13.0 18.7
2013 802 59.2 13.5 20
2014 844 64.2 13.1 20.9
2015 853 n/a n/a 22
2016 891 64.0 13.9 24.1
2017 917 66.9 13.6 19.3
2018 889 70.5 12.5 16.2
2019 871 68.5 12.7 19.5
2020 893 67.2 13.2 14.7
2021 921 67.1 13.7 19.3
2022 779 63.9 12.1 19.9
2023 768 63.3 12.1 19.3

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 Glacial Drumlin School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 358 26.9 13.3 5.3
1989 364 29.0 12.5 4.7
1990 396 27.9 14.1 4.8
1991 402 30.7 13.0 4
1992 414 28.5 14.5 5.1
1993 465 30.0 15.5 4.9
1994 498 34.5 14.4 3.6
1995 517 40.0 12.9 4.6
1996 517 40.0 12.9 4.6
1997 533 40.8 13.1 4.7
1998 574 41.8 13.7 4.5
1999 585 46.3 12.6 7.5
2000 593 47.7 12.4 8.3
2001 636 52.5 12.1 8
2002 676 57.1 11.8 9.3
2003 676 57.1 11.8 9.3
2004 657 54.6 12.0 10.4
2005 704 51.8 13.6 n/a
2006 654 51.2 12.8 n/a
2007 653 53.3 12.3 9.3
2008 607 52.8 11.5 11.4
2009 703 55.0 12.8 14.2
2010 720 55.7 12.9 17.6
2011 788 51.6 15.2 19.5
2012 798 61.2 13.0 18.7
2013 802 59.2 13.5 20
2014 844 64.2 13.1 20.9
2015 853 n/a n/a 22
2016 891 64.0 13.9 24.1
2017 917 66.9 13.6 19.3
2018 889 70.5 12.5 16.2
2019 871 68.5 12.7 19.5
2020 893 67.2 13.2 14.7
2021 921 67.1 13.7 19.3
2022 779 63.9 12.1 19.9
2023 768 63.3 12.1 19.3

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 Glacial Drumlin School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $310 (2.4%) $12,456 (97.6%) $12,765
2020 $194 (1.5%) $12,505 (98.5%) $12,698

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Glacial Drumlin School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 119th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 328th of 640 Middle schools
 31.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Glacial Drumlin School)47.944.8
 3.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Monona Grove School District)47.945.1
 2.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Glacial Drumlin School)58.150
 8.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Monona Grove School District)58.147.8
 10.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Glacial Drumlin School)62.833.5
 29.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Monona Grove School District)62.833.7
 29.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Glacial Drumlin School)52.130.2
 22%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Monona Grove School District)52.129.3
 22.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Glacial Drumlin School)48.934.8
 14.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Monona Grove School District)48.934.6
 14.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Glacial Drumlin School)39.629.5
 10.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Monona Grove School District)39.629.4
 10.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Glacial Drumlin School)67.452.4
 15%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Monona Grove School District)67.452.8
 14.6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Glacial Drumlin School)65.650.7
 15%
   8th Grade Science (Monona Grove School District)65.650.7
 15%
   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 Students871768
 11.8%
African American2426
 8.3%
American Indian22
Asian3020
 33.3%
Hispanic5257
 9.6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White724609
 15.9%
Two or More Races3854
 42.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients19.5%19.3%
 0.2%


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Glacial Drumlin School ranks 375th of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 768 students attended Glacial Drumlin School.

Students who attend Glacial Drumlin School usually go on to attend Monona Grove High

Students at Glacial Drumlin School are 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 3% African American, 3% Asian.


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