Madison Academy High School

Madison Academy High School operates as a modestly sized secondary school in BURTON, Michigan, part of Madison Academy. Current enrollment sits at 276 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Madison Academy High School sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

Madison Academy comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 638 students; Madison Academy High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Madison Academy High School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 13% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Madison Academy High School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.3:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Madison Academy High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Genesee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Madison Academy High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Atherton Jr Sr High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Madison Academy High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Academy High School has increased 64%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 65% to 76% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Madison Academy High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.