Madison Elementary School

Madison Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary school in RAHWAY, New Jersey, run under Rahway Public School District, serves 384 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Rahway Public School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,090 students; Madison Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Madison Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Black, 22% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.1%.

In the surrounding community, Union County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Madison Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Rahway High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 28% to 22%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Madison Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.