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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOMBARD SD 44·NCES 172346000107
Madison Elementary School
150 W Madison St, Lombard, IL 60148 · (630) 827-4100 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
224 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
62%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Madison Elementary School→Glenn Westlake Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lombard SD 44. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
49.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 25.2% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 (40.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary School this school | 477 | 47.0% | 40.1% |
| Pennoyer Elementary School Norridge | 419 | 47.5% | 45.0% |
| Lincoln Prairie Elementary School Lake In The Hills | 479 | 51.8% | 60.8% |
| Union Ridge Elementary School Harwood Heights | 664 | 50.6% | 59.0% |
| Eugene Field Elementary School Rock Island | 496 | 53.8% | 40.0% |
| J Leigh Elementary School Norridge | 612 | 41.7% | 61.5% |
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 | 40.1% | #912 of 1,925 | #89 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,163 of 2,077 ▼ 178 | #123 of 141 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #1,003 of 2,077 ▼ 156 | #109 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #639 of 2,419 | #38 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #375 of 2,035 | #29 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #471 of 2,042 | #49 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #1,385 of 2,132 | #41 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #1,313 of 1,461 | #87 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
477
-79 (-14%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 570
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 | 477 | 41.8 | 11.4:1 | 47% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 42.4 | 11.4:1 | 46% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 44% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 37.3 | 13.2:1 | 50% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 53% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 44% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 33 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (491 to 477); teachers up 12% (37.3 to 41.8).
About Madison Elementary School
Madison Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Lombard, Illinois. It reported 477 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 25% above average.
A total of 8 schools make up Lombard SD 44, with 2,989 students enrolled.
About 56% of the student body at Madison Elementary School is White. Enrollment also includes 21% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in DuPage County, the White share is about 65%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Madison Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1, with 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 47% at Madison Elementary School. It compares with 34% for public schools in DuPage County.
Test results at Madison Elementary School are 4.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.1% actual, 44.4% predicted).
For the population of DuPage County, the median household earns about $112,096 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across DuPage County, 277 public schools serve about 138,557 students.
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School is the nearest public school to Madison Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Madison Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Madison Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Madison Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Madison Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Lombard SD 44
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Manor Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Pleasant Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
- Park View Elementary SchoolElementary · 214 students
Other schools in Lombard
- Glenbard East High SchoolHigh · 2,311 students
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Westmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 60.
- Madison Elementary SchoolSkokie, IL · 609 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolHinsdale, IL · 367 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolWheaton, IL · 360 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 224 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School0.5 mi · 381
- Glenbard East High School0.7 mi · 2,311
- Park View Elementary School1.4 mi · 214
- Westmore Elementary School1.4 mi · 432
- Manor Hill Elementary School1.5 mi · 285
- Glenn Westlake Middle School1.5 mi · 935
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades KG-05.
Is Madison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School is approximately 11.4:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Madison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Madison Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School is overseen by Lombard SD 44 in DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.