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What's the most underrated thing about Madison Avenue Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681000619
Madison Avenue Elementary
1615 East Madison Ave., El Cajon, CA 92019 · (619) 588-3077 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
609 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
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 | 131 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -14.4pp since 2014
Math
15.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -19.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 16.6% | 18.7% | 55.7% |
| Math | 4.4% | 10.8% | 25.3% | 59.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 19.7% |
| 2022-23 | 27.2% | 22.6% |
| 2021-22 | 26.5% | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 40.4% | 35.5% |
| 2017-18 | 43.4% | 39.1% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 42.0% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California 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 California'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 Avenue Elementary
Madison Avenue Elementary's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Avenue Elementary this school | 670 | 90.9% | 20.9% |
| W. D. Hall Elementary El Cajon | 579 | 90.2% | 19.4% |
| Wingland Elementary Bakersfield | 783 | 93.5% | 21.2% |
| Helen M. Wilcox Elementary Oroville | 592 | 85.6% | 35.4% |
| Highland Elementary Bakersfield | 778 | 83.3% | 22.8% |
| Meridian Elementary El Cajon | 570 | 93.2% | 16.7% |
Matched among California 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 Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,498 of 5,151 | #361 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #4,729 of 5,172 ▼ 526 | #371 of 393 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #4,426 of 5,172 ▼ 68 | #355 of 393 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #774 of 5,116 | #58 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #894 of 5,915 | #75 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,123 of 5,352 | #310 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #1,250 of 5,354 | #122 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #993 of 5,625 | #47 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #590 of 1,139 | #43 of 97 |
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
670
+87 (+15%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 670 | 27.3 | 24.5:1 | 91% (609) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 26.4 | 24.6:1 | 89% (575) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 24.5 | 24.7:1 | 81% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 85% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 26.2 | 23.7:1 | 76% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 81% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | N/A | N/A | 65% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 35 | 19.6:1 | 50% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 26 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (620 to 670); teachers up 4% (26.2 to 27.3).
About Madison Avenue Elementary
Madison Avenue Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in El Cajon, California. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 670 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Cajon Valley Union has a total of 25 schools and 15,974 students, Madison Avenue Elementary among them.
The biggest share of students at Madison Avenue Elementary, 47%, is White. Other reported shares: 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. That is in line with San Diego County, where about 48% of residents are White. The diversity index for Madison Avenue Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.5:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Madison Avenue Elementary, 91% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Diego County.
Madison Avenue Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 26.3%. Madison Avenue Elementary scores 20.9%.
The school's county is San Diego County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Madison Avenue Elementary, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Montgomery Middle, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Madison Avenue Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
Madison Avenue Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 15% rise, from 583 to 670. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.4:1 in 2020-21, and 24.5:1 in 2024-25.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery Middle0.2 mi · 929
- Granite Hills High0.3 mi · 2,331
- Meridian Elementary0.9 mi · 570
- Diego Valley East Public Charter0.9 mi · 408
- Greenfield Middle0.9 mi · 730
- Bostonia Global0.9 mi · 1,266
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Avenue ElementaryHow large is Madison Avenue Elementary?
Madison Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 670 students in grades KG-05.
Is Madison Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Madison Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at Madison Avenue Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Madison Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Madison Avenue Elementary are roughly 47% White, 35% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Avenue Elementary?
Madison Avenue Elementary is overseen by Cajon Valley Union in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.