Madison Elementary School

Madison Elementary School is one of the substantial elementary schools in ADRIAN, Michigan, one of the schools within Madison School District (Lenawee), with 753 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 104% above the state mean of about 369.

Within Madison School District (Lenawee), which oversees 3 schools and 1,580 students, Madison Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Madison Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Lenawee County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Madison Elementary School reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Madison Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Madison Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lenawee County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Madison Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 32.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lenawee County put median household income runs about $70,518, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Madison Elementary School is one of 47 public schools in Lenawee County (combined enrollment of about 14,256 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madison Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 858 students in 2018 compared to 753 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 8% to 2% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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