Lydia Middleton Elementary School

Lydia Middleton Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Madison, Indiana, one of the schools within Madison Consolidated Schools. Current enrollment sits at 333 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Lydia Middleton Elementary School sits 24% below that benchmark.

Madison Consolidated Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,651 students. Lydia Middleton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lydia Middleton Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest consists of 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Lydia Middleton Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lydia Middleton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.9%; this one delivers 46.8%.

In the surrounding community, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $64,577, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Jefferson County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,109 students), Lydia Middleton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Anderson Elementary School, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lydia Middleton Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 30.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lydia Middleton Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 341 students in 2018 to 333 in 2025.

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