Madison School

Madison School operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Bridgeport, Connecticut, operated by Bridgeport School District. Current enrollment sits at 451 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Bridgeport School District runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 19,802 students. Madison School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Madison School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's rate of about 54%.

In the surrounding community, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,667 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), Madison School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Blackham School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison School.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison School has fell 9%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 451 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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