Madison Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Pasadena, California, Madison Elementary caters to 411 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Pasadena Unified.

Pasadena Unified runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 13,639 students. Madison Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Madison Elementary records that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 4% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Madison Elementary reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Madison Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Madison Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Madison Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.4%; actual is 16.8%, a gap of -15.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Madison Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Longfellow (Henry W.) Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Elementary has declined 8%, going from 449 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.