Madison Elementary School

Madison Elementary School is one of the compact elementary campuss in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, run under Cedar Rapids Comm School District, with 153 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Madison Elementary School sits 53% smaller than that benchmark.

Cedar Rapids Comm School District runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 15,494 students. Madison Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Madison Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Linn County indicate median household income runs about $77,649, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Madison Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maple Grove Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Madison Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

Madison Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Madison Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 44% since 2018, when it stood at 271 (now 153). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 71% to 65%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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