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Alumni: what's one memory from MADISON CROSSING ELEMENTARY that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
761
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 280279001290
Madison Crossing Elementary
300 Yandell Road, Canton, MS 39046 · (601) 898-7710 · Madison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
325 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
64.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 68.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Madison Crossing Elementary
Madison Crossing Elementary's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Crossing Elementary this school | 761 | 42.7% | 69.5% |
| Center Hill Elementary School Olive Branch | 788 | 42.0% | 70.8% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School Olive Branch | 1,079 | 42.1% | 70.9% |
| Oakdale Elementary Brandon | 566 | 37.1% | 80.3% |
| Brandon Elementary Brandon | 743 | 40.6% | 75.8% |
| Della Davidson Elementary School Oxford | 704 | 44.6% | 74.2% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Madison Crossing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #88 of 428 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #121 of 439 ▼ 18 | #7 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #87 of 439 ▲ 11 | #7 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #44 of 453 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #271 of 408 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #101 of 409 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #420 of 444 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #40 of 90 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
761
+112 (+17%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 761 | 47.9 | 15.9:1 | 43% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 49.9 | 15.0:1 | 42% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 48.7 | 15.9:1 | 100% (772) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 35.9 | 19.4:1 | 33% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 35 | 19.6:1 | 30% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 30 | 21.0:1 | 27% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Crossing Elementary.
About Madison Crossing Elementary
This page covers Madison Crossing Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school in Canton, Mississippi. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 761 students. The school's enrollment is 71% bigger than the 446 average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Madison County Schools runs Madison Crossing Elementary along with 20 other schools, enrolling 12,926 students in total.
Black students account for 52% of enrollment at Madison Crossing Elementary. Other students are 38% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 37% Black share among all Madison County residents. Madison Crossing Elementary has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 47.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi have a similar average ratio of 15.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Madison County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Madison Crossing Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Madison Crossing Elementary is 72.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Madison County, median household income is about $83,441, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Madison County number 34 and enroll about 16,432.
The nearest public school is Germantown High School, at about 2.4 miles. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Madison Crossing Elementary is 8th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Madison Crossing Elementary in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Madison Crossing Elementary had 649 students in 2020-21 and 761 in 2024-25, a 17% rise.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,647
Census ACS
Median income
$83,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
16,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County Schools
- Germantown High SchoolHigh · 1,411 students
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 1,260 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,180 students
- Germantown MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Madison Station ElementaryElementary · 980 students
Other schools in Canton
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 899 students
- Canton Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- McNeal Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Reuben B. Myers Arts & SciencesElementary · 378 students
- Jimmie M Goodloe ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Germantown High School2.4 mi · 1,411
- Germantown Middle2.5 mi · 1,008
- Madison Avenue Upper4.5 mi · 474
- Madison Avenue Elementary K24.6 mi · 397
- Madison Station Elementary5.1 mi · 980
- Rosa Scott5.1 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Crossing ElementaryHow large is Madison Crossing Elementary?
Madison Crossing Elementary enrolls approximately 761 students in grades KG-05.
Is Madison Crossing Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Crossing Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Madison Crossing Elementary have?
Madison Crossing Elementary employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Crossing Elementary?
At Madison Crossing Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 5% Hispanic, 52% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Crossing Elementary?
Madison Crossing Elementary is overseen by Madison County Schools in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.