Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy

Set in South Bend, Indiana, Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy is a medium-sized elementary-level community, run under South Bend Community School Corp. It serves 431 students across grades K through 5.

Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy is one of 29 schools operated by South Bend Community School Corp, a district that hosts 13,585 students overall.

Demographically, Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy shows that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 11% White. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above St. Joseph County's rate of about 46%.

After controlling for student poverty, Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.7%, the actual is 17.2%, a residual of -1.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for St. Joseph County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,868 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Joseph County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students), of which Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: The Portage School of Leaders, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 9.4%.

Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 58% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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