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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Madison Elementary?
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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271011625
Madison Elementary
9820 Madison Ave., South Gate, CA 90280 · (323) 568-3900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
453 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 19% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
36.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
34.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.0% | 19.1% | 24.5% | 39.4% |
| Math | 16.5% | 18.2% | 29.8% | 35.5% |
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 | 36.1% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 35.3% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.7% | 26.5% |
| 2018-19 | 47.9% | 36.5% |
| 2017-18 | 46.6% | 40.9% |
| 2016-17 | 35.8% | 32.9% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 →
Where Madison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #2,879 of 5,151 | #719 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,774 of 5,172 | #707 of 1,129 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #3,320 of 5,172 | #803 of 1,129 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,537 of 5,116 | #636 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,658 of 5,915 | #534 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #633 of 5,352 | #193 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.1% | #5,243 of 5,354 | #1,179 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #1,088 of 3,837 | #405 of 947 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
482
-144 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 24.1:1
% White
0%
was 2%
% Hispanic
98%
was 97%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 482 | 25 | 19.3:1 | 94% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 93% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 93% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 26 | 24.1:1 | 90% (565) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary.
About Madison Elementary
Madison Elementary is an elementary school located in South Gate, California, in Los Angeles County. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 482 students.
Madison Elementary is among 784 schools run by Los Angeles Unified, which serves 406,887 students.
Roughly 98% of students at Madison Elementary are Hispanic. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The diversity index for Madison Elementary is 4%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Madison Elementary comes to 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.3:1. The school's 19.3:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. On the income side, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 24 points lower.
After adjusting for student poverty, Madison Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.9%; the prediction is 24.5%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Madison Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Victoria Avenue Elementary sits about 0.2 miles from Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 39.5% proficiency; Madison Elementary posts 35.9%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 23% drop took enrollment from 626 in 2017-18 to 482 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.1:1 to 19.3:1.
This page is set up for the Madison Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Madison ElementaryHow large is Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Madison Elementary serve?
Madison Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Madison Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Madison Elementary.
How diverse is Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Madison Elementary in?
Madison Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.