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If you had an hour of school board time for Madison Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
586
Middle
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 210372000250
Madison Middle School
101 Summit St, Richmond, KY 40475 · (859) 387-4200 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Kentucky public middle 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.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
316 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 214 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 171 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 47% · 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
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
56.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
46.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Kentucky 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 Kentucky'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 Middle School
Madison Middle School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Middle School this school | 586 | 53.9% | 47.9% |
| Bondurant Middle School Frankfort | 600 | 55.2% | 32.1% |
| Henderson County North Middle School Henderson | 670 | 55.4% | 42.2% |
| Clark Moores Middle School Richmond | 558 | 56.6% | 53.7% |
| Graves County Middle School Mayfield | 556 | 52.2% | 48.5% |
| West Hardin Middle School Cecilia | 476 | 55.7% | 43.9% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #55 of 216 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #71 of 216 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #47 of 217 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #97 of 221 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #170 of 210 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #76 of 210 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #148 of 219 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.3% | #15 of 49 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
586
-75 (-11%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 586 | 33.3 | 17.6:1 | 54% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 35.3 | 16.6:1 | 52% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 40.3 | 16.6:1 | 49% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 32 | 20.7:1 | 53% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 30.3 | 16.1:1 | 58% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 63% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 52% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 53% (331) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (487 to 586); teachers up 10% (30.3 to 33.3).
About Madison Middle School
In Richmond, Kentucky, part of Madison County, Madison Middle School is a middle school. Enrollment stands at 586 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Across its 20 schools, Madison County enrolls 11,132 students. Madison Middle School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Madison Middle School, about 74 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 89%. The diversity index for Madison Middle School is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Madison Middle School lists 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.6 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Kentucky is 15.8:1. About 54% of students at Madison Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Madison County is close, at 55%.
Madison Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Kentucky public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Madison Middle School is +2.9 points: 47.9% actual, 45.0% predicted.
In Madison County, the median household earns about $63,351 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Madison County has 27 public schools with about 12,103 students, including Madison Middle School.
Madison Kindergarten Academy sits about 0.7 miles from Madison Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Madison Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count fell 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 20.7 in 2020-21 to 17.6 in 2024-25.
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.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,769
Census ACS
Median income
$63,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Madison Southern High SchoolHigh · 1,224 students
- Kirksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Clark Moores Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
- B. Michael Caudill Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Kirksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Clark Moores Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
- B. Michael Caudill Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Glenn R Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Daniel Boone Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
Other Madison Middle schools
22 other US public schools in 20 states are named Madison Middle. Madison Middle School is the 12th largest of the 23.
- Madison Middle SchoolMADISON, MS · 1,180 students
- Madison MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,158 students
- Madison Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,017 students
- Madison MiddleAppleton, WI · 929 students
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLREXBURG, ID · 878 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Kindergarten Academy0.7 mi · 403
- Madison Central High School0.8 mi · 2,107
- Bellevue Transitional School0.9 mi · 11
- Madison County Day Treatment0.9 mi · 15
- Daniel Boone Elementary School0.9 mi · 469
- Kit Carson Elementary School1.2 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Middle SchoolHow large is Madison Middle School?
Madison Middle School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Madison Middle School serve?
Madison Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Madison Middle School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Madison Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Middle School?
At Madison Middle School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Madison Middle School public or private?
Madison Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.