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Alumni: what's one memory from Madison Cross Roads Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
841
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222000838
Madison Cross Roads Elementary School
11548 Pulaski Pike, Toney, AL 35773 · (256) 851-4600 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
488 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
38.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Madison Cross Roads Elementary School
Madison Cross Roads Elementary School's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Cross Roads Elementary School this school | 841 | 58.0% | 49.9% |
| Allentown Elementary School Semmes | 843 | 58.7% | 52.9% |
| Fairfax Elementary School Valley | 689 | 58.2% | 40.4% |
| Coosada Elementary School Millbrook | 797 | 56.5% | N/A |
| Kitty Stone Elementary School Jacksonville | 929 | 57.8% | 53.5% |
| Thompson Intermediate School Alabaster | 901 | 57.5% | 58.4% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Madison Cross Roads Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #302 of 626 | #31 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #319 of 626 | #30 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #304 of 626 | #30 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #44 of 709 | #7 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #126 of 655 | #4 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #34 of 658 | #3 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #371 of 696 | #12 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #259 of 364 | #22 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
841
-77 (-8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 841 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 58% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 913 | 54 | 16.9:1 | 63% (576) |
| 2022-23 | 1,035 | 53 | 19.5:1 | 59% (609) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | 49 | 18.7:1 | 46% (420) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 49.5 | 18.2:1 | 51% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 940 | 58 | 16.2:1 | 52% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 997 | 65 | 15.3:1 | 45% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 50% (333) |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 45 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Cross Roads Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (900 to 841); teachers up 11% (49.5 to 55).
About Madison Cross Roads Elementary School
Federal records list Madison Cross Roads Elementary School as an elementary school in Toney, Alabama. The school's enrollment of 841 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 75% higher than the average for elementary schools in Alabama, which is about 480.
Madison County is responsible for 28 schools, Madison Cross Roads Elementary School included, with 20,691 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Madison Cross Roads Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 46%. The remaining students are 27% Black, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Madison County is about 63% White. Madison Cross Roads Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 55 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.3:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. The rate at public schools in Madison County averages 41%, lower than here.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Madison Cross Roads Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.8%. Madison Cross Roads Elementary School scores 49.9%.
Census estimates describe Madison County this way: the median household income is $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Madison Cross Roads Elementary School, Madison County has 88 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Sparkman Middle School, about 3.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Madison Cross Roads Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Madison Cross Roads Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 841, an 8% decrease from 918 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.7:1 to 15.3:1 over the same years.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Nearby schools
- Sparkman Middle School3.8 mi · 723
- Harvest School5.5 mi · 663
- Sparkman Ninth Grade School5.9 mi · 621
- Sparkman High School6.1 mi · 1,770
- Cedar Hill Elementary School7.2 mi · 576
- Blanche School7.7 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Cross Roads Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Madison Cross Roads Elementary School?
Madison Cross Roads Elementary School enrolls approximately 841 students in grades PK-05.
Is Madison Cross Roads Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Cross Roads Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Cross Roads Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Cross Roads Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Madison Cross Roads Elementary School?
Madison Cross Roads Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 14% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Madison Cross Roads Elementary School in?
Madison Cross Roads Elementary School is part of Madison County.
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