Anderson Elementary School

Anderson Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Madison, Indiana, part of Madison Consolidated Schools, with 489 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 6 schools in Madison Consolidated Schools (2,651 students total), Anderson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Anderson Elementary School lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Anderson Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Anderson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,577, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,109 students), Anderson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Madison Consolidated Jr High Sch, roughly 0.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Anderson Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Anderson Elementary School's enrollment has rose 37% since 2018, when it stood at 357 (now 489).

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