Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004217
Madison Elementary School
1620 Mayo Ave, Wheaton, IL 60189 · (630) 682-2095 · DuPage County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
89 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
74.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 58.7% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 (69.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary School this school | 360 | 24.7% | 69.0% |
| Goshen Elementary Edwardsville | 346 | 22.5% | N/A |
| Hoover Wood Elementary School Batavia | 363 | 22.0% | 62.6% |
| Woodland Elementary School Edwardsville | 417 | 27.3% | 56.5% |
| Sarah Adams Elementary School Lake Zurich | 429 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
| Prairieland Elementary School Normal | 450 | 22.2% | 60.4% |
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 DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #141 of 1,925 | #30 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #254 of 2,077 ▼ 84 | #54 of 141 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #238 of 2,077 ▼ 135 | #49 of 141 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #1,210 of 2,419 | #91 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #405 of 2,035 | #34 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #828 of 2,042 | #92 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #1,871 of 2,132 | #86 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #197 of 1,461 | #9 of 92 |
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
360
-71 (-16%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 474
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 | 360 | 31.2 | 11.5:1 | 25% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 28.5 | 12.5:1 | 24% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 28.3 | 12.7:1 | 26% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 25% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 24% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 22% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 21 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (507 to 360); teachers up 1% (31 to 31.2).
About Madison Elementary School
This page covers Madison Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Wheaton, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 360 students in pre-K through 5.
CUSD 200 is the district for Madison Elementary School. It has 20 schools and 11,639 students.
Madison Elementary School is 66% White by enrollment. Other students are 14% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 65% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Madison Elementary School is 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 25% of students, or 89, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 34% average among public schools in DuPage County.
Madison Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.0% is 11.8 points above the 57.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within DuPage County, the median household income is $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, DuPage County has 277 public schools and roughly 138,557 students.
Emerson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Madison Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Madison Elementary School is ahead of the 68.7% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
Madison Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 71 students since 2020-21, to 360.
Community posts for Madison Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary School is the 35th largest of the 60.
- Madison Elementary SchoolSkokie, IL · 609 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolLombard, IL · 477 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolHinsdale, IL · 367 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 224 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Elementary School0.9 mi · 263
- Jefferson Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 302
- Wiesbrook Elementary School1.0 mi · 496
- Edison Middle School1.1 mi · 635
- Monroe Middle School1.2 mi · 716
- Whittier Elementary School1.2 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
Is Madison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Madison Elementary School have?
Madison Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Madison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Madison Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 200 in DuPage County.
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