Madison Elementary School

Madison Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Muscatine, Iowa, overseen by Muscatine Comm School District, with 372 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within Muscatine Comm School District, which oversees 9 schools and 4,280 students, Madison Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Madison Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.5%, the actual is 61.3%, a residual of -5.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Muscatine County) shows that median household earnings sit near $69,396, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muscatine County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students), of which Madison Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Muskie Early Learning Center, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Madison Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Madison Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 45% since 2018, when it stood at 257 (now 372). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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