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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON-VIRGIL·NCES 200909000862

Madison High

1500 SW Blvd, Madison, KS 66860 · (620) 437-2912 · Greenwood County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL106 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Kansas public high schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A+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 Kansas public high schools

Enrollment
106
High
DISTRICT 118 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
61 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 72221%
Grade 81514%
Grade 91918%
Grade 101413%
Grade 112322%
Grade 121312%
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
9489%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
55%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Two+
66%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
5653%
Female
5047%

School pathway

Feeds from
Madison ElemPK–06
Based on grade levels within Madison-Virgil. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
47.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
45.1%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2547.1%45.1%
2023-2432.7%30.9%
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 High

Madison High's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Madison High this school10657.5%39.8%
Flinthills High School
Rosalia
9754.6%26.4%
Pleasanton High
Pleasanton
16258.0%14.0%
Hartford Jr./Sr. High School
Hartford
10156.4%17.7%
Stockton High
Stockton
8357.8%20.0%
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High
Oberlin
14455.6%25.1%
Matched among Kansas high 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 High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.8%#41 of 262
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
45.1%#63 of 262
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.1%#63 of 262
Enrollment
ranked largest first
106#257 of 332
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
57.5%#57 of 263
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
106
0 (0%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 89
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 7.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25106138.2:158% (61)
2023-249811.58.5:150% (49)
2022-239512.97.4:148% (46)
2020-21106147.6:135% (37)
2017-1810513.67.7:144% (46)
2015-16117148.4:154% (63)
2010-11119148.5:144% (52)
2000-01140178.2:136% (50)
1990-9189108.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison High.

Since 2017-18: students up 1% (105 to 106); teachers down 5% (13.6 to 13).

About Madison High

At 1500 SW Blvd in Madison, Kansas, Madison High operates as a very small high school. It teaches 106 students in grades 7 through 12. High schools in Kansas have about 410 students on average; enrollment here is 74% lower.

Madison-Virgil has 2 schools; together they serve 236 students.

Of every 100 students at Madison High, about 89 are White. The school is also 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put Greenwood County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.

Its ratio of 8.2:1 is based on 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Kansas average 11.9:1, 3.7 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 58%.

Madison High holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Kansas public high schools.

Test results at Madison High are 5.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (39.8% actual, 34.6% predicted).

Looking at the county, Greenwood County, median household income comes to about $60,042, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 6 public schools and about 869 students.

Among nearby public schools, Madison Elem is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within ten miles number 5. The nearest schools with test data average 36.2%, lower than Madison High's 39.8%.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (106) to 2024-25 (106).

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Greenwood County at a glance

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Population
5,919
Census ACS
Median income
$60,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
869 students

Quick facts

School name
Madison High
District
Madison-Virgil
Address
1500 SW Blvd, Madison, KS 66860
Phone
(620) 437-2912
County
Greenwood County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
106
Teachers (FTE)
13
Student–teacher ratio
8.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
61 (58%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
200909000862
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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15 other US public schools in 12 states are named Madison High. Madison High is the 15th largest of the 16.

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Frequently asked questions

About Madison High
How large is Madison High?
Madison High enrolls approximately 106 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Madison High serve?
Madison High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Madison High?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at Madison High.
How diverse is Madison High?
Madison High reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Madison High public or private?
Madison High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison-Virgil.
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