Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 141 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADRID COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191818001039
Madrid Elementary School
213 W 1st St, Madrid, IA 50156 · (515) 795-3240 · Boone County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% 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.
- 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
12.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
59 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Madrid Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
83.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.4% | 83.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 79.9% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Madrid Elementary School
Madrid Elementary School's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid Elementary School this school | 259 | 22.8% | 76.8% |
| La Porte City Elementary School La Porte City | 260 | 23.8% | 83.3% |
| Blue Grass Elementary School Blue Grass | 277 | 23.1% | 76.7% |
| Mid-Prairie East Elementary School Kalona | 255 | 22.4% | N/A |
| Tipton Elementary School Tipton | 284 | 23.6% | 65.5% |
| Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School Urbana | 275 | 21.1% | 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 Madrid Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #203 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #158 of 564 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #108 of 564 ▲ 120 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #462 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #214 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #485 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #574 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #47 of 359 |
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
259
-41 (-14%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 259 | 20 | 12.9:1 | 23% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 18.8 | 14.1:1 | 23% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 23.3 | 12.6:1 | 28% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 27% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 25% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 32% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 31% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 15% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 19 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madrid Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (353 to 259); teachers down 13% (23 to 20).
About Madrid Elementary School
Madrid Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Madrid, Iowa. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 259 students. The school is 20% below the average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Madrid Elementary School is run by Madrid Comm School District, whose 4 schools enroll 628 students.
At Madrid Elementary School, 92% of students are White. The school is also 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put Boone County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Madrid Elementary School is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Roughly 23% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Madrid Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 47% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Madrid Elementary School is 3.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 76.8% actual, 80.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
In the surrounding county, Boone County, median household income comes to about $83,531, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 15, with about 3,735 students.
Madrid Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Madrid Elementary Preschool, its nearest public school. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Madrid Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Madrid Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Madrid Elementary School had a net loss of 41 students, or 14%. By 2024-25, the school had 12.9 students per teacher, compared with 11.5 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,668
Census ACS
Median income
$83,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,735 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madrid Comm School District
- Madrid High SchoolHigh · 195 students
- Madrid Junior High SchoolMiddle · 151 students
- Madrid Elementary PreschoolElementary · 23 students
Other schools in Madrid
- Madrid High SchoolHigh · 195 students
- Madrid Junior High SchoolMiddle · 151 students
- Madrid Elementary PreschoolElementary · 23 students
Nearby schools
- Madrid Elementary Preschool0.0 mi · 23
- Madrid High School0.6 mi · 195
- Madrid Junior High School0.6 mi · 151
- Woodward Academy4.8 mi · 110
- Woodward-Granger High School5.5 mi · 270
- Woodward-Granger Middle School5.5 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Madrid Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Madrid Elementary School?
Madrid Elementary School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades KG-05.
Is Madrid Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madrid Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Madrid Elementary School have?
Madrid Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madrid Elementary School?
At Madrid Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Madrid Elementary School public or private?
Madrid Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madrid Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.