Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000935
Madison Elementary School
7433 S Dorchester Ave, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 535-0551 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
218 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Madison Elementary School→Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
34.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +26.7pp since 2023
Math
7.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 7.1% |
| 2023-24 | 7.9% | 1.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Madison Elementary School
Madison Elementary School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary School this school | 224 | 97.3% | 20.0% |
| Hendricks Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 217 | 97.2% | 10.5% |
| Bond Elementary School Chicago | 233 | 95.7% | 12.1% |
| Mason Elementary School Chicago | 241 | 95.0% | 11.3% |
| Johnson STEAM Elementary Chicago | 209 | 99.5% | 13.5% |
| Diekman Elementary School Dolton | 227 | 97.8% | 20.4% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Madison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,605 of 1,925 | #567 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #1,984 of 2,077 ▲ 57 | #764 of 829 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,530 of 2,077 ▲ 457 | #549 of 829 ▲ 249 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #1,954 of 2,419 | #792 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #323 of 2,035 | #177 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,458 of 2,042 | #539 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #88 of 2,132 | #64 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #1,148 of 1,461 | #547 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
+31 (+16%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 224 | 20 | 11.2:1 | 97% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 98% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 17 | 10.4:1 | 97% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 12.8 | 18.6:1 | 97% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 13 | 16.5:1 | 100% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 14 | 21.4:1 | 99% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 34 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 31 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (238 to 224); teachers up 57% (12.8 to 20).
About Madison Elementary School
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, Madison Elementary School is an elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 224 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 41% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
A total of 622 schools make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
Black students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Madison Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. A total of 218 students, or 97%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Madison Elementary School would be expected to post about 15.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.0%.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Madison Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
About 0.4 miles separate Madison Elementary School from the closest public school, Art in Motion Charter School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 21.0% on proficiency, and Madison Elementary School is below that at 20.0%.
Madison Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 31 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Madison Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary School is the 50th largest of the 60.
- Madison Elementary SchoolSkokie, IL · 609 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolLombard, IL · 477 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolHinsdale, IL · 367 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolWheaton, IL · 360 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Art in Motion Charter School0.4 mi · 602
- South Shore Fine Arts Elementary School0.5 mi · 224
- Revere Elementary School0.6 mi · 184
- South Shore Intl Col Prep High School0.7 mi · 625
- Parkside Elementary Community Academy0.7 mi · 283
- Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School0.7 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Madison Elementary School serve?
Madison Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Madison Elementary School have?
Madison Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Madison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Madison Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 13% Hispanic, 84% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Madison Elementary School in?
Madison Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.