Thoreau Elementary (Madison Metropolitan School District SCH DIST.), Wisconsin - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Thoreau Elementary is a Elementary in Madison, WI. It currently serves 398 students (grades PK-05). The school is part of the Madison Metropolitan School District School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Madison Metropolitan School District School District and all schools in Wisconsin.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:398
Number of Teachers: 34
Student/Teacher Ratio: 11.57

Location Info

Location: 3870 Nakoma Rd, Madison, WI 53711
Mailing Address: 3870 Nakoma Rd, Madison, WI 53711-3096
Phone: (608)204-6940
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 69
Grade 2 61
Grade 3 63
Grade 4 63
Grade 5 59
Kindergarten 62
Pre-Kindergarten 21
Gender/Sex of Thoreau Elementary Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 211 53.02
Female 187 46.99
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Thoreau Elementary Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.50
Asian 4 1.00
Black or African American 58 14.57
Hispanic/Latino 107 26.88
Two or more races 28 7.04
White 199 50.00
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.95
Asian 2 0.95
Black or African American 28 13.27
Hispanic/Latino 59 27.96
Two or more races 13 6.16
White 107 50.71
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 1.07
Black or African American 30 16.04
Hispanic/Latino 48 25.67
Two or more races 15 8.02
White 92 49.20

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1.45
Asian 1 1.45
Black or African American 11 15.94
Hispanic/Latino 15 21.74
Two or more races 6 8.70
White 35 50.73
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.64
Black or African American 9 14.75
Hispanic/Latino 13 21.31
Two or more races 6 9.84
White 32 52.46
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.59
Black or African American 10 15.87
Hispanic/Latino 17 26.98
Two or more races 3 4.76
White 32 50.79
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1.59
Black or African American 7 11.11
Hispanic/Latino 20 31.75
Two or more races 4 6.35
White 31 49.21
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.70
Black or African American 5 8.48
Hispanic/Latino 16 27.12
Two or more races 3 5.09
White 34 57.63
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 8 12.90
Hispanic/Latino 20 32.26
Two or more races 4 6.45
White 30 48.39
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 8 38.10
Hispanic/Latino 6 28.57
Two or more races 2 9.52
White 5 23.81