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Alumni: what's one memory from MidTown Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,097
Elementary
DISTRICT 722 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON CITY·NCES 010000800851
MidTown Elementary School
140 Coefer Boulevard, Madison, AL 35758 · (256) 837-1189 · Madison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,097 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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
17.4:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
317 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 | 169 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 173 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 212 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 187 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 181 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 175 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (169) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (175).
Student demographics
66%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
82.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
61.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 MidTown Elementary School
MidTown Elementary School's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MidTown Elementary School this school | 1,097 | 28.9% | 70.9% |
| Pike Road Elementary School Pike Road | 888 | 22.5% | 66.1% |
| Rainbow Elementary School Madison | 725 | 26.2% | 72.6% |
| Mill Creek Elementary School Madison | 965 | 24.6% | 72.2% |
| Horizon Elementary School Madison | 567 | 33.3% | 72.8% |
| Oak Mountain Elementary School Birmingham | 675 | 22.2% | 79.4% |
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 MidTown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #83 of 626 | #12 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #100 of 626 | #14 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #74 of 626 | #9 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,097 | #4 of 709 | #2 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #385 of 655 | #31 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #66 of 658 | #10 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #644 of 696 | #38 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +148.2% | #2 of 262 | #1 of 17 |
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
1,097
+556 (+103%) vs 2020
+87% since 2000-01, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 1,097 | 63 | 17.4:1 | 29% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 1,030 | 60.5 | 17.0:1 | 30% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 999 | 55.5 | 18.0:1 | 26% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 25.1 | 17.6:1 | 24% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 19% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MidTown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 148% (442 to 1,097); teachers up 151% (25.1 to 63).
About MidTown Elementary School
MidTown Elementary School is an elementary school located in Madison, Alabama, in Madison County. It reported 1,097 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Alabama enroll about 480 students on average.
MidTown Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Madison City, which enrolls 13,046 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at MidTown Elementary School is White: 51%. Other groups make up 25% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Madison County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.4 students per teacher. The 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is close to this figure. Of all students at MidTown Elementary School, 29% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Madison County average 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, MidTown Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Alabama public elementary schools.
MidTown Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.9%) and its predicted rate (62.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
For the population of Madison County, median household income comes to about $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Madison County's 89 public schools enroll about 55,800 students and include MidTown Elementary School.
MidTown Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Bob Jones High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, MidTown Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 541 (2020-21) and 1,097 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.5:1 in 2020-21, and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 City
- James Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,159 students
- Bob Jones High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,103 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Journey Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 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
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Journey Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
Other MidTown Elementary schools
One other US public school is named MidTown Elementary. MidTown Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Midtown ElementaryHarriman, TN · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Bob Jones High School0.8 mi · 2,048
- Madison City School PreK Center0.8 mi · 252
- Madison Elementary School0.9 mi · 603
- Mill Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 965
- Journey Middle School1.7 mi · 903
- Columbia Elementary School1.9 mi · 701
Frequently asked questions
About MidTown Elementary SchoolHow large is MidTown Elementary School?
MidTown Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,097 students in grades KG-05.
Is MidTown Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
MidTown Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MidTown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MidTown Elementary School is approximately 17.4:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MidTown Elementary School?
At MidTown Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 9% Hispanic, 25% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is MidTown Elementary School in?
MidTown Elementary School is part of Madison City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.