Madison Elementary School

Madison Elementary School is one of the small elementary campuss in Madison, Maine, run under RSU 59/MSAD 59, with 140 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in RSU 59/MSAD 59 (543 students total), Madison Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Madison Elementary School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Somerset County (around 65%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Somerset County reports that median household income runs about $58,179, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Somerset County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,044 students), Madison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Main Street Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Madison Elementary School.

Madison Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

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