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Enrollment
1,180
Middle
DISTRICT 751 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 280279001082
Madison Middle School
1365 Mannsdale Road, MADISON, MS 39110 · (601) 605-4171 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,180 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
297 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 393 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 411 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 376 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%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
76.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
87.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 87.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.4% | 86.1% |
% 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
83.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Middle School
Madison Middle School's state test result (83.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Middle School this school | 1,180 | 25.2% | 83.1% |
| Germantown Middle Madison | 1,008 | 28.6% | 70.8% |
| Clinton Junior High School Clinton | 862 | 44.4% | 73.7% |
| Lovett Elementary School Clinton | 375 | 46.1% | 70.2% |
| Oxford Intermediate School Oxford | 356 | 41.3% | 63.4% |
| Northwest Middle School Flowood | 1,352 | 38.2% | 63.9% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #1 of 176 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #1 of 181 ▲ 1 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #1 of 181 ▲ 1 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,180 | #6 of 186 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #42 of 163 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #59 of 164 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #183 of 184 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #111 of 119 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,180
-61 (-5%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,241
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 1,180 | 96.2 | 12.3:1 | 25% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 1,146 | 96.1 | 11.9:1 | 23% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 1,154 | 96.2 | 12.0:1 | 100% (1,151) |
| 2020-21 | 1,241 | 114 | 10.9:1 | 100% (1,238) |
| 2017-18 | 1,226 | 114.3 | 10.7:1 | 25% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 1,272 | 113 | 11.3:1 | 24% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 1,226 | 79 | 15.5:1 | 12% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 1,130 | 59 | 19.1:1 | 31% (353) |
| 1990-91 | 1,241 | 67 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Middle School.
About Madison Middle School
Madison Middle School is a public large middle school in MADISON, Mississippi. The school has 1,180 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 452 students for middle schools in Mississippi.
Across its 21 schools, Madison County Schools enrolls 12,926 students. Madison Middle School is one of those schools.
At Madison Middle School, 63% of students are White. The remaining students are 25% Black, 8% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Madison Middle School scores 54%.
Its staff includes 96.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.3 students per teacher. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 25% of students at Madison Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Madison County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Madison Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of Mississippi public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Madison Middle School is 1.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 83.1%. Predicted: 81.8%.
In Madison County, home to about 111,647 people, median household income comes to about $83,441, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madison County's 34 public schools enroll about 16,432 students and include Madison Middle School.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Madison Central High School, is the closest to Madison Middle School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Madison Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Madison Middle School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 1,241 in 2020-21 to 1,180 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.9:1 to 12.3:1.
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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
- Germantown MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Madison Station ElementaryElementary · 980 students
- Madison Crossing ElementaryElementary · 761 students
Other schools in MADISON
- Germantown High SchoolHigh · 1,411 students
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 1,260 students
- Germantown MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
- Madison Station ElementaryElementary · 980 students
- Mannsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Mannsdale Upper ElementaryElementary · 578 students
Other Madison Middle schools
22 other US public schools in 20 states are named Madison Middle. Madison Middle School is the largest of the 23.
- Madison MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,158 students
- Madison Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,017 students
- Madison MiddleAppleton, WI · 929 students
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLREXBURG, ID · 878 students
- Madison Middle SchoolTrumbull, CT · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Central High School0.9 mi · 1,260
- Madison Station Elementary1.5 mi · 980
- Rosa Scott2.8 mi · 373
- Ridgeland High School3.0 mi · 995
- Old Town Middle School3.6 mi · 693
- Mannsdale Elementary School4.3 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Middle SchoolHow large is Madison Middle School?
Madison Middle School enrolls approximately 1,180 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Madison Middle School serve?
Madison Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Middle School is approximately 12.3:1 (96 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Middle School?
At Madison Middle School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 3% Hispanic, 25% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Madison Middle School in?
Madison Middle School is part of Madison County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.