MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MADRID, New York, MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment primary school, overseen by MADRID-WADDINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 303 students across grades pre-K through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 32% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 2 schools in MADRID-WADDINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (612 students total), MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with St. Lawrence County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of St. Lawrence County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -18.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Lawrence County put the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MADRID-WADDINGTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 8%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025.

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