Madison Elementary

Madison Elementary is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in San Leandro, California, overseen by San Leandro Unified, educateing 694 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Madison Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by San Leandro Unified, a district that works with 8,834 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Madison Elementary reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Madison Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Madison Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 56.4%, a residual of +17.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Madison Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Corvallis Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Madison Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 32.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Elementary has edged up 42%, going from 488 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 54% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Madison Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.