MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the compact four-year high schools in MADISON, Florida, operated by MADISON, with 464 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL sits 55% below that benchmark.

MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by MADISON, a district that serves 2,280 students overall.

On demographics, MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL reports that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.7%; actual is 36.9%, a gap of -16.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Madison County) logs that median household earnings sit near $48,485, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 2,280 students).

Nearest neighbor: JAMES MADISON PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 9%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 464 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 58% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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