MADILL SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for New York 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 New York's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MADILL SCHOOL
Located at 800 JEFFERSON AVE, in OGDENSBURG, New York, MADILL SCHOOL is a close-knit K-5 school that works with 277 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MADILL SCHOOL sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.
MADILL SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 1,354 students overall.
On the student-mix side, MADILL SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (97%) are White. The remainder reads as 2% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MADILL SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Lawrence County) records that median household earnings sit near $62,850, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Lawrence County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), MADILL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MADILL SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MADILL SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.1%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 301 students in 2018 compared to 277 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.
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