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Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCATINE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192013001189
Madison Elementary School
1820 1st Ave, Muscatine, IA 52761 · (563) 263-6062 · Muscatine County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
189 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Muscatine Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 61.2% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 (61.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary School this school | 372 | 50.8% | 61.3% |
| Sunset Heights Elementary School Webster City | 311 | 48.6% | 72.8% |
| Lenox Elementary School Lenox | 308 | 51.3% | 76.2% |
| Clark Elementary School Le Mars | 301 | 50.2% | 69.8% |
| Boyden-Hull Elementary School Boyden | 322 | 48.1% | 81.2% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Council Bluffs | 431 | 45.7% | 53.6% |
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 Muscatine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #450 of 564 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #359 of 564 ▲ 103 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #420 of 564 ▲ 6 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #255 of 705 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #125 of 561 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #185 of 561 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #208 of 666 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.7% | #10 of 168 | N/A |
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
372
-56 (-13%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 372 | 30.8 | 12.1:1 | 51% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 28.8 | 13.5:1 | 52% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 54% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 46% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 18.6 | 13.8:1 | 53% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 55% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 53% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 254 | 14 | 18.1:1 | 36% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 12 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (257 to 372); teachers up 65% (18.6 to 30.8).
About Madison Elementary School
Madison Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Muscatine, Iowa. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 372 students.
Muscatine Comm School District runs 9 schools with a combined 4,280 students. Madison Elementary School is one of them.
White students are the majority at Madison Elementary School, with 61% of enrollment. It is also 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. Muscatine County's residents are about 81% White, 19 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.1:1, with 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Madison Elementary School is 51%.
allk12 grades Madison Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Madison Elementary School is -5.3 points: 61.3% actual, 66.5% predicted.
Muscatine County has these Census figures: the median household income is $69,396, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Muscatine County has 15 public schools and roughly 6,527 students.
Nearby, Muskie Early Learning Center is about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Madison Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Madison Elementary School places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Madison Elementary School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 428 in 2020-21 to 372 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Muscatine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,559
Census ACS
Median income
$69,396
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,527 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muscatine Comm School District
- Muscatine High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Susan Clark Junior HighMiddle · 544 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other schools in Muscatine
- Muscatine High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Susan Clark Junior HighMiddle · 544 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary School is the 32nd largest of the 60.
- Madison Elementary SchoolPella, IA · 401 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolDavenport, IA · 318 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 285 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 153 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Muskie Early Learning Center0.4 mi · 261
- Grant Elementary School1.0 mi · 300
- Jefferson Elementary School1.3 mi · 441
- Mulberry Elementary School2.0 mi · 293
- McKinley Elementary School2.1 mi · 394
- Muscatine High School2.1 mi · 1,380
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Madison Elementary School?
Madison Elementary School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Madison Elementary School serve?
Madison Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Madison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Madison Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Madison Elementary School in?
Madison Elementary School is part of Muscatine Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.