Madison Middle

As a well-populated intermediate school in Oceanside, California, Madison Middle enrolls 1,158 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Vista Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

Vista Unified runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 18,969 students. Madison Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Madison Middle shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 23% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Madison Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at Madison Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.6%, the actual is 27.3%, a residual of -11.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Madison Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.8%.

Madison Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Middle has expanded 8%, going from 1,077 students in 2018 to 1,158 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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