Madison Elementary School

Madison Elementary School is a primary school of mid-sized scale in Warsaw, Indiana, overseen by Warsaw Community Schools, instructing 475 students in grades K through 6.

Warsaw Community Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,709 students; Madison Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Madison Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 20% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Madison Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Madison Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 50.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kosciusko County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,317 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kosciusko County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,029 students), Madison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Harrison Elementary School, around 3.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Madison Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On this page, members of the Madison Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.