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Enrollment
867
Elementary
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADEIRA CITY·NCES 390442801211
Madeira Elementary School
7840 Thomas Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45243 · (513) 985-6080 · Hamilton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL867 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
67 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 43%
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 162 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Madeira City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
90.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.4pp since 2021
Math
93.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.2% | 93.4% |
| 2023-24 | 89.8% | 89.3% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 92.7% |
| 2021-22 | 88.8% | 93.2% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
90.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Madeira Elementary School
Madeira Elementary School's state test result (90.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madeira Elementary School this school | 867 | 7.7% | 90.5% |
| Clearcreek Elementary School Springboro | 850 | 6.6% | N/A |
| Timmons Elementary School Chagrin Falls | 782 | 10.7% | 90.0% |
| Granville Elementary School Granville | 679 | 6.6% | 84.8% |
| Trebein Elementary School Xenia | 832 | 8.4% | 90.1% |
| Barrington Road Elementary School Upper Arlington | 800 | 2.5% | 89.1% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Madeira Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #38 of 673 | #11 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.4% | #36 of 1,569 ▲ 54 | #7 of 104 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.2% | #50 of 1,569 ▲ 16 | #11 of 104 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #973 of 1,514 | #81 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 867 | #60 of 1,808 | #2 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,359 of 1,582 | #87 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #1,009 of 1,590 | #82 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #732 of 767 | #34 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.0% | #70 of 561 | #6 of 36 |
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
867
+207 (+31%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 867 | 42 | 20.6:1 | 8% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 864 | 41 | 21.1:1 | 6% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 30 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 27.4 | 22.0:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 27 | 23.5:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 22 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madeira Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (602 to 867); teachers up 54% (27.4 to 42).
About Madeira Elementary School
Madeira Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in Cincinnati, Ohio. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 867 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students.
Madeira City operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,786 students.
The large majority of students at Madeira Elementary School, 85%, are White. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Hamilton County's residents are about 63% White, 22 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Madeira Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
Its 42 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.6:1. That ratio is over the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 8%. That rate is below the 34% average among public schools in Hamilton County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Madeira Elementary School would score about 85.9%. It scores 90.5%, 4.6 points above that figure.
Among Hamilton County residents, median household income is about $72,470, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 212 public schools in Hamilton County, with a combined enrollment of about 111,403.
Of nearby public schools, Madeira Preschool is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 90.5% is above the 88.3% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Madeira Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Madeira Elementary School had 660 students in 2020-21 and 867 in 2024-25, a 31% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.0:1 in 2020-21, and 20.6:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Madeira Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madeira City
- Madeira High SchoolHigh · 438 students
- Madeira Middle SchoolMiddle · 395 students
- Madeira PreschoolElementary · 86 students
Other schools in Cincinnati
- Walnut Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,453 students
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Dohn CommunityHigh · 1,675 students
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,619 students
Nearby schools
- Madeira Preschool0.3 mi · 86
- Madeira High School0.5 mi · 438
- Indian Hill High School1.3 mi · 660
- Madeira Middle School1.3 mi · 395
- Indian Hill Middle School1.3 mi · 537
- Indian Hill Primary Elementary School1.8 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Madeira Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Madeira Elementary School?
Madeira Elementary School enrolls approximately 867 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Madeira Elementary School serve?
Madeira Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madeira Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madeira Elementary School is approximately 20.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madeira Elementary School?
At Madeira Elementary School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Madeira Elementary School public or private?
Madeira Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madeira City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.