Enrollment
153
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000253
Madison Elementary School
1341 Woodside DR NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 · (319) 555-2000 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL153 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
75 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
76.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.2% | 76.6% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 85.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Madison Elementary School
Madison Elementary School's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary School this school | 153 | 49.0% | 76.6% |
| Adams Elementary School Carroll | 232 | 44.4% | 72.4% |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School Bettendorf | 268 | 53.0% | 64.5% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Des Moines | 293 | 46.4% | 66.7% |
| Erskine Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 308 | 53.2% | 70.1% |
| Longfellow Elementary Marion | 254 | 42.5% | N/A |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Madison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #207 of 564 | #15 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #282 of 564 ▼ 183 | #19 of 39 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #162 of 564 ▲ 168 | #12 of 39 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #615 of 705 | #44 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #237 of 666 | #19 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.5% | #8 of 359 | #1 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
153
-32 (-17%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 153 | 11.1 | 13.8:1 | 49% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 8.9 | 17.9:1 | 57% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 10.9 | 16.5:1 | 60% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 12 | 15.4:1 | 48% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 48% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 46% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 47% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 20% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 17 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (271 to 153); teachers down 26% (15 to 11.1).
About Madison Elementary School
Federal records list Madison Elementary School as an elementary school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A federal count lists 153 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Iowa) has about 325 students.
Madison Elementary School is among 35 schools run by Cedar Rapids Comm School District, which serves 15,494 students.
Madison Elementary School is 65% White by enrollment. Other students are 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Linn County residents are about 84% White. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 11.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.8:1. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The school's lunch program data list 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Linn County, the average is 40%.
Madison Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Madison Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 76.6%; the prediction is 67.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Linn County, the median household income is $77,649, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Linn County has 83 public schools and roughly 36,480 students.
The nearest public school is Maple Grove Elementary, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 55.9%, lower than Madison Elementary School's 76.6%.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Madison Elementary School's enrollment declined from 185 in 2020-21 to 153 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
The Madison Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Rapids Comm School District
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
Other schools in Cedar Rapids
- Prairie High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Prairie PointMiddle · 868 students
- Prairie CreekMiddle · 846 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary School is the 54th largest of the 60.
- Madison Elementary SchoolPella, IA · 401 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolMuscatine, IA · 372 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolDavenport, IA · 318 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 285 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Maple Grove Elementary0.6 mi · 539
- Cleveland Elementary School1.0 mi · 254
- Harrison Elementary School1.2 mi · 277
- Cedar Rapids Virtual Academy Middle1.2 mi · 44
- Cedar Rapids Virtual Academy Elementary1.2 mi · 16
- Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy1.2 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School enrolls approximately 153 students in grades KG-05.
Is Madison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Madison Elementary School have?
Madison Elementary School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Elementary School?
At Madison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Madison Elementary School public or private?
Madison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cedar Rapids Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.