Madison Elementary

Madison Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus in Santa Ana, California, run under Santa Ana Unified. The school serves 749 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 465.

Across the 51 schools in Santa Ana Unified (35,993 students total), Madison Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Madison Elementary records that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Madison Elementary lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.4%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Around the school, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Madison Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is John F. Kennedy Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Madison Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Elementary has declined 29%, going from 1,055 students in 2018 to 749 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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