Enrollment
263
Middle
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310002201327
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
1400 N MADISON, NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101 · (308) 535-7126 · Lincoln County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Nebraska public middle schools
- CTest 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 Nebraska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
138 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 37%
Community
0
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 | 263 | 100% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
56.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Nebraska 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 Nebraska'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 (50.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 263 | 52.5% | 50.5% |
| WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST POINT | 181 | 53.0% | 63.1% |
| NEBRASKA CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEBRASKA CITY | 271 | 58.3% | 46.4% |
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIDNEY | 238 | 49.2% | 63.1% |
| BEATRICE MIDDLE SCHOOL BEATRICE | 466 | 49.4% | 50.2% |
| ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH PLATTE | 513 | 47.6% | 50.6% |
Matched among Nebraska 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 Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #69 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #63 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #84 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #80 of 143 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #43 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #48 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #18 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #17 of 52 |
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
263
-40 (-13%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 263 | 18.8 | 14.0:1 | 52% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 20 | 12.1:1 | 55% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 21.3 | 12.4:1 | 48% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 47% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 19.9 | 15.0:1 | 46% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 18 | 17.0:1 | 47% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 21 | 10.2:1 | 68% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 76% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 20 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (298 to 263); teachers down 5% (19.9 to 18.8).
About MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, reachable at (308) 535-7126. It reported 263 students in grade 6 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 411 students for middle schools in Nebraska.
NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the local district for MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 12 schools with 3,751 students.
Of every 100 students at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 73 are White. It is also 20% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Lincoln County's residents are about 88% White, 15 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 43%.
Teacher count: 18.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Nebraska is similar, at 14.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 52%. The average for public schools in Lincoln County is 38%.
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of Nebraska public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 58.0% and the result is 50.5%.
Lincoln County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,148, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln County's 22 public schools enroll about 5,190 students and include MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 0.7 miles separate MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, BUFFALO EARLY LEARNING CENTER. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased 13% over 4 years, reaching 263 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,802
Census ACS
Median income
$65,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,190 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,145 students
- ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 329 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 316 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 226 students
Other schools in NORTH PLATTE
- NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,145 students
- ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 329 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 316 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 226 students
Other Madison Middle schools
22 other US public schools in 20 states are named Madison Middle. MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 21st largest of the 23.
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLMADISON, NE · 115 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMADISON, MS · 1,180 students
- Madison MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,158 students
- Madison Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,017 students
- Madison MiddleAppleton, WI · 929 students
Nearby schools
- BUFFALO EARLY LEARNING CENTER0.7 mi · 133
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 316
- CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 225
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 226
- NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,145
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 263 students in grades 06-06.
What age range does MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 73% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.