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What's one thing Madison Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005150
Madison Elementary
3635 Madison St., Riverside, CA 92504 · (951) 352-8236 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
585 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 46% larger than its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
40.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
36.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.2% | 25.2% | 22.8% | 36.9% |
| Math | 12.8% | 23.2% | 21.1% | 42.9% |
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 | 40.4% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 32.2% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 29.9% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 31.8% |
| 2018-19 | 52.3% | 41.8% |
| 2017-18 | 51.5% | 36.7% |
| 2016-17 | 50.5% | 38.0% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Elementary
Madison Elementary's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary this school | 675 | 86.7% | 37.3% |
| Cloverdale Elementary Moreno Valley | 694 | 86.6% | 23.6% |
| Akira Yokomi Elementary Fresno | 700 | 85.7% | 42.9% |
| De Anza Elementary San Jacinto | 692 | 88.2% | 31.7% |
| Felix J. Appleby Elementary Blythe | 617 | 86.1% | 22.2% |
| Granite Pointe Elementary Bakersfield | 670 | 90.1% | 39.4% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #2,728 of 5,151 | #111 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,648 of 5,172 ▲ 212 | #100 of 283 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,895 of 5,172 ▼ 250 | #138 of 283 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #2,915 of 5,116 | #185 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #871 of 5,915 | #121 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,429 of 5,352 | #255 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #3,669 of 5,354 | #180 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #1,506 of 5,625 | #112 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #3,091 of 3,837 | #170 of 207 |
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
675
+42 (+7%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 675 | 27 | 25.0:1 | 87% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 26 | 24.1:1 | 60% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 26 | 24.0:1 | 82% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 27 | 23.4:1 | 82% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 28.5 | 25.4:1 | 88% (635) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 28 | 25.4:1 | 86% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | N/A | N/A | 72% (537) |
| 2000-01 | 778 | 36 | 21.6:1 | 57% (440) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 27 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (724 to 675); teachers down 5% (28.5 to 27).
About Madison Elementary
Madison Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Riverside, California. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 675 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
A total of 48 schools make up Riverside Unified, with 38,002 students enrolled.
About 79% of the student body at Madison Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups make up 10% White, 6% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 51% of Riverside County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
The school has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 25.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Madison Elementary is 8.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.3% versus 28.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Riverside County show that median household income comes to about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Riverside County counts 543 public schools with about 424,872 students.
The closest school to Madison Elementary is Ramona High, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Madison Elementary's average proficiency of 37.3% compares with 31.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment rose by 7% across 4 years, from 633 in 2020-21 to 675 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 23.4:1 to 25.0:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Madison Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside Unified
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 1,033 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Norte Vista HighHigh · 1,804 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary is the 8th largest of the 60.
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
- Madison ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 749 students
- Madison ElementaryStockton, CA · 703 students
- Madison ElementarySan Leandro, CA · 694 students
- Madison ElementaryFresno, CA · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Ramona High0.5 mi · 2,142
- Sierra Middle1.0 mi · 829
- Jefferson Elementary1.0 mi · 886
- Washington Elementary1.3 mi · 818
- Monroe Elementary1.5 mi · 596
- California School for the Deaf-Riverside1.5 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Madison ElementaryHow large is Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 675 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Madison Elementary serve?
Madison Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Madison Elementary?
Approximately 25.0:1 students per teacher at Madison Elementary.
How diverse is Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 79% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary is overseen by Riverside Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.