MADISON ELEMENTARY

Set in SAINT CLOUD, Minnesota, MADISON ELEMENTARY is a large primary school, one of the schools within ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 704 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 105% above typical.

ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 9,803 students; MADISON ELEMENTARY is among them.

On demographics, MADISON ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 31% White, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, MADISON ELEMENTARY records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stearns County (around 44%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MADISON ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Stearns County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,066, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. MADISON ELEMENTARY is one of 74 public schools in Stearns County (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students).

NORTH JUNIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MADISON ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MADISON ELEMENTARY at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 23.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. MADISON ELEMENTARY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 699 (now 704). The White share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 31% over that span.

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