Madison Avenue Upper

Madison Avenue Upper is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Madison, Mississippi, overseen by Madison County Schools, serveing 474 students in grades 3 through 5.

Madison County Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,926 students; Madison Avenue Upper is among them.

In terms of who attends, Madison Avenue Upper reports that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 18% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Madison County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,441 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Madison Avenue Upper is one of 34 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 16,432 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madison Avenue Elementary K2, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Avenue Upper.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Avenue Upper has declined 8%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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