Madison (James) Elementary

Madison (James) Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Anaheim, California, overseen by Anaheim Elementary. The school teaches 553 students in grades K through 6.

Anaheim Elementary runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,964 students. Madison (James) Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Madison (James) Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Asian, 6% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, Madison (James) Elementary shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Madison (James) Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Madison (James) Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 35.9%.

Across the wider county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Madison (James) Elementary is one.

Loara High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Madison (James) Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 30.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Madison (James) Elementary's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 553). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

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