Madison Central High School

Set in Madison, Mississippi, Madison Central High School is an expansive four-year high school, overseen by Madison County Schools. It teaches 1,260 students across grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 94% above the state mean of about 651.

Madison County Schools runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 12,926 students. Madison Central High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Madison Central High School shows that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder breaks down as 29% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 22% of students at Madison Central High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Central High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.6%, the actual is 80.0%, a residual of -3.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Madison County) records that 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 Central High School is one of 34 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 16,432 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madison Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Central High School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Central High School has edged down 3%, going from 1,297 students in 2018 to 1,260 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 66% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Madison Central High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.