Madison Elementary

Madison Elementary operates as a large primary school in Stockton, California, part of Stockton Unified. Current enrollment sits at 703 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 51% larger than typical.

Stockton Unified comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 33,590 students; Madison Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Madison Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 11% Black, 7% White, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Madison Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Madison Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Madison Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Joaquin County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Madison Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.1%; actual is 14.5%, a gap of -17.6 points.

Around the school, San Joaquin County reports that median household income runs about $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Madison Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

The closest other public school is Primary Years Academy, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 684 students in 2018 compared to 703 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 62% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 31.9:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

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