Enrollment
204
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000831
Madison Elementary
3600 Hines Chapel Road, McLeansville, NC 27301 · (336) 375-2555 · Guilford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
201 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
39.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
36.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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
Madison Elementary's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary this school | 204 | 98.5% | 40.3% |
| Bethel Elementary Bethel | 232 | 98.7% | 45.0% |
| Chadbourn Elementary Chadbourn | 233 | 98.7% | 47.1% |
| J W Coon Elementary Fayetteville | 186 | 98.4% | 40.5% |
| East Elementary Kings Mountain | 199 | 97.5% | 58.6% |
| Manchester Elementary Spring Lake | 254 | 98.8% | 44.1% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #1,093 of 1,297 | #49 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,190 of 1,296 | #58 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #974 of 1,300 | #46 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #1,375 of 1,485 | #72 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #399 of 1,377 | #17 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #402 of 1,379 | #22 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #825 of 1,414 | #58 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #588 of 937 | #30 of 49 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
204
+16 (+9%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 204 | 14.9 | 13.7:1 | 99% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 17.8 | 10.9:1 | 98% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 17.1 | 12.9:1 | 99% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 188 | 15 | 12.5:1 | 92% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 15.4 | 14.8:1 | 68% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 15 | 14.6:1 | 72% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 53% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 36% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 23 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (227 to 204); teachers down 3% (15.4 to 14.9).
About Madison Elementary
Madison Elementary is a small elementary school found in McLeansville, North Carolina. It reported 204 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 56% lower.
Besides Madison Elementary, Guilford County Schools runs 122 other schools. The district enrolls 68,535 students.
Of every 100 students at Madison Elementary, about 48 are Black, the largest group. After that, the student body is 27% White, 16% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Guilford County is about 34% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary is 13.7:1, based on 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Lunch program data show 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Guilford County average 89%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Madison Elementary outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Madison Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.3%) and its predicted rate (48.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
In Guilford County, median household income comes to about $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 143, with about 79,539 students.
Madison Elementary's nearest public school is Northeast Guilford High (about 1.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Madison Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Madison Elementary falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Madison Elementary enrolled 188 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 204. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 12.5:1 in 2020-21 to 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Madison Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in McLeansville
- Northeast Guilford HighHigh · 977 students
- Northeast Guilford MiddleMiddle · 675 students
- McLeansville ElementaryElementary · 332 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary is the 51st largest of the 60.
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolADRIAN, MI · 753 students
- Madison ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 749 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolMiddletown, OH · 711 students
- MADISON ELEMENTARYSAINT CLOUD, MN · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Guilford High1.5 mi · 977
- Northeast Guilford Middle1.6 mi · 675
- Summit Creek Academy2.7 mi · 749
- Reedy Fork Elementary2.8 mi · 538
- Brightwood Elementary3.1 mi · 488
- McLeansville Elementary3.4 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Madison ElementaryHow large is Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 204 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Madison Elementary serve?
Madison Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Madison Elementary have?
Madison Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Elementary?
At Madison Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 16% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Madison Elementary public or private?
Madison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.