Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190897000554
Madison Elementary School
806 E Hoffman St, Des Moines, IA 50316 · (515) 242-8420 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
253 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
53.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 45.3% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 (44.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary School this school | 285 | 88.8% | 44.1% |
| Rogers Elementary School Marshalltown | 253 | 86.2% | 49.4% |
| Anson Elementary School Marshalltown | 286 | 83.9% | 65.6% |
| Crestview School of Inquiry Clive | 558 | 84.1% | 52.0% |
| Willard Elementary School Des Moines | 247 | 88.7% | 52.1% |
| Garton Elementary Des Moines | 535 | 89.3% | 43.5% |
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 Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #533 of 564 | #63 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #505 of 564 ▲ 32 | #51 of 78 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #495 of 564 ▲ 43 | #52 of 78 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #409 of 705 | #71 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #126 of 561 | #19 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #102 of 561 | #34 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #15 of 666 | #10 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #147 of 168 | #15 of 16 |
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
285
+30 (+12%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 285 | 23.6 | 12.1:1 | 89% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 21.6 | 11.4:1 | 81% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 21.9 | 11.1:1 | 90% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 24 | 10.6:1 | 86% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 24.4 | 11.4:1 | 88% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 27 | 11.7:1 | 82% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 77% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 57% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 26 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (279 to 285); teachers down 4% (24.4 to 23.6).
About Madison Elementary School
Madison Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Iowa, located in Des Moines. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 285 students.
Des Moines Independent Comm School District, which runs Madison Elementary School, has 59 schools and 29,676 students.
Hispanic students account for 54% of enrollment at Madison Elementary School. Smaller groups are 21% White, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. For comparison, the population of Polk County is roughly 10% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Madison Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.1:1, with 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. It compares with 49% for public schools in Polk County.
Madison Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Madison Elementary School is 47.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.1%.
Across Polk County, median household income is about $83,576, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Polk County number 137 and enroll about 77,436.
Of nearby public schools, Harding Middle School is the closest, 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 40.7%, lower than Madison Elementary School's 44.1%.
Locale data from NCES put Madison Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Madison Elementary School had 255 students in 2020-21 and 285 in 2024-25, a 12% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.6:1 to 12.1:1.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other schools in Des Moines
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary School is the 41st largest of the 60.
- Madison Elementary SchoolPella, IA · 401 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolMuscatine, IA · 372 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolDavenport, IA · 318 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 153 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Harding Middle School0.6 mi · 603
- Great Oaks High School and Career Center0.6 mi · 72
- Cattell Elementary School0.6 mi · 314
- Findley Elementary School0.8 mi · 324
- Oak Park0.9 mi · 288
- North High School1.3 mi · 1,428
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary SchoolHow large is Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Madison Elementary School serve?
Madison Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Madison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Madison Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 54% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School is overseen by Des Moines Independent Comm School District in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.