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What's something Madison Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 722 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON CITY·NCES 010000800839
Madison Elementary School
17 College St, Madison, AL 35758 · (256) 772-9255 · Madison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
15.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
165 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
81.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
67.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Elementary School
Madison Elementary School's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary School this school | 603 | 27.4% | 72.0% |
| Columbia Elementary School Madison | 701 | 25.1% | 70.7% |
| Brocks Gap Intermediate School Hoover | 521 | 20.0% | 77.4% |
| Heritage Elementary School Madison | 869 | 25.5% | 81.6% |
| Mill Creek Elementary School Madison | 965 | 24.6% | 72.2% |
| Trace Crossings Elementary School Hoover | 769 | 37.5% | 70.2% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #74 of 626 | #9 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #63 of 626 | #6 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #79 of 626 | #11 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #171 of 709 | #17 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #138 of 655 | #7 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #40 of 658 | #4 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #652 of 696 | #41 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #362 of 364 | #29 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
603
+96 (+19%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 603 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 27% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 36.5 | 13.8:1 | 27% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 17% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 30.2 | 20.0:1 | 27% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 29 | 19.5:1 | 32% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 26% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 19% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (604 to 603); teachers up 29% (30.2 to 39).
About Madison Elementary School
Madison Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Madison, Alabama. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 603 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Alabama) has about 480 students.
Madison City has 13 schools; together they serve 13,046 students.
Madison Elementary School is 51% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 19% Black, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 8% Hispanic. County-wide, 63% of Madison County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Madison Elementary School is 39 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.5:1. That is lower than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The school counts 165 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 27%. Across public schools in Madison County, the average is 41%.
allk12 grades Madison Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.0% at Madison Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.0%.
Madison County has these Census figures: the median household income is $86,499, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Madison County has 89 public schools and roughly 55,800 students.
The closest public school to Madison Elementary School is Journey Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Madison Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 19% enrollment rise, from 507 in 2020-21 to 603 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 City
- James Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,159 students
- Bob Jones High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,103 students
- MidTown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,097 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
Other schools in Madison
- James Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,159 students
- Bob Jones High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,103 students
- MidTown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,097 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 60.
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolADRIAN, MI · 753 students
- Madison ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 749 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolMiddletown, OH · 711 students
- MADISON ELEMENTARYSAINT CLOUD, MN · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Journey Middle School0.8 mi · 903
- MidTown Elementary School0.9 mi · 1,097
- Mill Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 965
- Bob Jones High School1.6 mi · 2,048
- Madison City School PreK Center1.6 mi · 252
- Horizon Elementary School2.2 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School enrolls approximately 603 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Madison Elementary School serve?
Madison Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Elementary School?
At Madison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 8% Hispanic, 19% Black, 11% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Madison Elementary School public or private?
Madison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.