Enrollment
238
Middle
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON PARISH·NCES 220105000779
Madison Middle School
1234 Madison High Drive, Tallulah, LA 71282 · (318) 574-0933 · Madison Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest 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 Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
222 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 32% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 65% · 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
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
14.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
LA avg 34.2%
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 14.0% | 7.0% |
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 7.0% | N/A |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 (10.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Middle School this school | 238 | 93.3% | 10.8% |
| Linear/Northside Middle School Shreveport | 259 | 92.7% | 15.5% |
| Ferriday Junior High School Ferriday | 241 | 94.2% | 10.7% |
| Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School Lake Charles | 265 | 90.6% | 14.0% |
| Lowery Middle School Donaldsonville | 277 | 91.3% | 14.0% |
| Scotlandville Pre-Engineering Academy Baton Rouge | 216 | 90.3% | 22.3% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #200 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #204 of 210 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #208 of 213 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #183 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #18 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #187 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #15 of 214 |
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
238
+94 (+65%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 238 | 23.9 | 9.9:1 | 93% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 23.6 | 11.0:1 | 91% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 18.6 | 13.1:1 | 88% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 10 | 14.4:1 | 99% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 179 | 12.1 | 14.8:1 | 91% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 14 | 14.4:1 | 90% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 94% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 84% (272) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 22 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (179 to 238); teachers up 98% (12.1 to 23.9).
About Madison Middle School
The public middle school Madison Middle School is located in Tallulah, Louisiana. Its 238 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students.
Madison Middle School is one school in Madison Parish, a system of 5 schools with 1,133 students.
About 95% of the student body at Madison Middle School is Black. Other students are 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Madison Parish residents are about 62% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.9 students per teacher. That is 31.1 students per teacher below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 93% of students. For comparison, public schools in Madison Parish average 91%.
allk12 grades Madison Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.1% for Madison Middle School. The school posts 10.8%, 6.4 points below the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Madison Parish, the median household income is $35,456, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 22% of people live in poverty. Madison Middle School is one of 5 public schools in the county.
Madison High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Madison Middle School holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 13.3% on proficiency, and Madison Middle School is below that at 10.8%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data put enrollment at 144 in 2020-21 and 238 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Madison Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,513
Census ACS
Median income
$35,456
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,133 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Parish
- Tallulah Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 280 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Christian Acres Alternative SchoolHigh · 56 students
Other schools in Tallulah
- Tallulah Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 280 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Christian Acres Alternative SchoolHigh · 56 students
Other Madison Middle schools
22 other US public schools in 20 states are named Madison Middle. Madison Middle School is the 22nd 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 High School0.1 mi · 280
- Tallulah Elementary School1.4 mi · 295
- Wright Elementary School1.6 mi · 264
- Christian Acres Alternative School2.1 mi · 56
- Delhi Middle School16.8 mi · 91
- Delhi Charter School17.1 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Middle SchoolHow large is Madison Middle School?
Madison Middle School enrolls approximately 238 students in grades 06-08.
Is Madison Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Middle School is approximately 9.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Madison Middle School?
Student demographics at Madison Middle School are roughly 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Madison Middle School in?
Madison Middle School is part of Madison Parish.
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