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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361866001693

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

25 OWL AVE, MASSENA, NY 13662 · (315) 764-3740 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary 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 New York public elementary schools

Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
251 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K297%
Kindergarten5413%
Grade 15613%
Grade 25914%
Grade 36415%
Grade 44410%
Grade 56415%
Grade 66214%

This year's kindergarten class (54) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (62).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
37888%
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
72%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
92%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
133%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
235%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
22753%
Female
20547%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2541.0%47.0%
2023-2434.0%50.0%
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.

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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school43258.1%40.3%
ELM STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WAVERLY
42659.9%38.1%
NORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTH ROSE
42457.1%29.3%
CAMPBELL-SAVONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAVONA
43655.5%44.1%
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SIDNEY
47756.4%32.7%
PULASKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PULASKI
42255.9%41.0%
Matched among New York elementary 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn St. Lawrence County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
40.3%#1,594 of 2,335#10 of 14
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
47.0%#1,573 of 2,342
▼ 269
#9 of 14
▼ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.0%#1,753 of 2,343
▼ 173
#9 of 14
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
432#1,187 of 2,585#5 of 14
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.8:1#1,836 of 2,338#10 of 12
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.0%#2,040 of 2,388#4 of 12
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
58.1%#1,200 of 2,534#1 of 14
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-6.5%#1,378 of 1,757#9 of 12
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25
Enrollment
432
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2543231.313.8:158% (251)
2023-2441832.412.9:163% (264)
2022-2342230.913.7:170% (295)
2020-214533512.9:162% (283)
2017-184623114.9:169% (320)
2015-164853115.7:168% (331)
2010-115033315.2:149% (245)
2000-014483014.9:149% (220)
1990-914242616.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in New York, located in MASSENA. Total enrollment is 432 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6.

MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 4 other schools, with 2,469 students in total.

White students are 88% of those enrolled at MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 5% Native American, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.

Staffing at MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. On the income side, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in St. Lawrence County average 45%.

Among New York public elementary schools, MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.3% is 13.3 points below the 53.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Lawrence County show that the median household earns about $62,850 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Lawrence County, 40 public schools serve about 13,653 students.

A public school about 1.6 miles away, J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 50.9%, higher than MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 40.3%.

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.

Enrollment was 432 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 453.

This page is set up for the MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

St. Lawrence County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students

Quick facts

School name
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
25 OWL AVE, MASSENA, NY 13662
Phone
(315) 764-3740
County
St. Lawrence County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
432
Teachers (FTE)
31
Student–teacher ratio
13.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
251 (58%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
361866001693
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 21st largest of the 60.

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Frequently asked questions

About MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-06.
Is MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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