Madison High

Madison High operates as a medium-sized high school in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified. Current enrollment sits at 780 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

San Diego Unified comprises 174 schools with combined enrollment of 94,828 students; Madison High is among them.

On demographics, Madison High shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 12% White, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, Madison High records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Madison High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Madison High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 26.4%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Madison High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sequoia Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Madison High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison High has edged down 24%, going from 1,023 students in 2018 to 780 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 53% to 63% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Madison High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.