MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in MASSENA, New York, run under MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 432 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,469 students. MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school records 5% Native American, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Lawrence County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Lawrence County put median household income runs about $62,850, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students).

The closest other public school is J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 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 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 6%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 88%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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