MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL

MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of rural-scale scale in MADISON, Nebraska, operated by MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolling 115 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

Across the 4 schools in MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS (580 students total), MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 21% White, 10% Asian. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Madison County) logs that median household earnings sit near $63,128, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Madison County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,196 students), MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL has increased 8%, going from 106 students in 2018 to 115 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 78% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.