Madison Elementary

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Lakewood, California, Madison Elementary serves 406 students from grades K through 5, part of Long Beach Unified.

Long Beach Unified runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 62,255 students. Madison Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Madison Elementary reports that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 15% Asian, 10% White, 10% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Madison Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Madison Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Madison Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Hoover Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Madison Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 today.

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