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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Madison Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
761
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON LOCAL·NCES 390494503597
Madison Middle School
1419 Grace St, Mansfield, OH 44905 · (419) 522-0471 · Richland County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
536 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 179 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 202 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 190 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 190 | 25% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Madison Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.7pp since 2021
Math
61.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.1% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 54.8% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 60.5% |
| 2021-22 | 59.8% | 58.1% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Madison Middle School
Madison Middle School's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Middle School this school | 761 | 70.4% | 60.1% |
| Sidney Middle School Sidney | 840 | 66.8% | 56.8% |
| Barberton Middle School Barberton | 741 | 77.3% | 50.6% |
| Greenville Middle School Greenville | 658 | 58.4% | 60.2% |
| Urbana Junior High School Urbana | 387 | 63.0% | 52.6% |
| Bellaire Middle School Bellaire | 368 | 68.8% | 73.7% |
Matched among Ohio middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #270 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #399 of 637 ▲ 80 | #6 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #432 of 637 ▼ 23 | #8 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #431 of 629 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #95 of 654 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #80 of 577 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #254 of 579 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #25 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #109 of 410 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
761
-118 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,066
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 761 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 70% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 63 | 12.0:1 | 66% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 769 | N/A | N/A | 57% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 879 | 61 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 916 | 68.4 | 13.4:1 | 61% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 931 | 69 | 13.5:1 | 59% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 65% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 18% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 1,066 | 59 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (916 to 761); teachers down 18% (68.4 to 56).
About Madison Middle School
Madison Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Mansfield, Ohio. It enrolled 761 students in grades 5 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Ohio average about 482 students each.
The district, Madison Local, has 2,626 students enrolled across 6 schools.
The large majority of students at Madison Middle School, 81%, are White. The remaining shares are 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 85% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Madison Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
The school employs the equivalent of 56 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.6:1. Among middle schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 70%. Public schools in Richland County average 54%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Madison Middle School, the prediction is 62.2% and the result is 60.1%.
Census estimates describe Richland County this way: median household income is about $59,509, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 49 public schools in Richland County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,772.
Of nearby public schools, Madison High School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 65.8% proficiency; Madison Middle School posts 60.1%.
In the federal locale system, Madison Middle School is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 879 to 761.
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Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,099
Census ACS
Median income
$59,509
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
18,772 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Local
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 855 students
- Madison South Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Mifflin Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Eastview Elementary SchoolElementary · 218 students
- Madison Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 50 students
Other schools in Mansfield
- GOAL Digital AcademyCombined · 855 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 855 students
- Mansfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Malabar Intermediate SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Ontario High SchoolHigh · 540 students
Other Madison Middle schools
22 other US public schools in 20 states are named Madison Middle. Madison Middle School is the 8th largest of the 23.
- Madison Middle SchoolMadison, OH · 605 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMADISON, MS · 1,180 students
- Madison MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,158 students
- Madison Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,017 students
- Madison MiddleAppleton, WI · 929 students
Nearby schools
- Madison High School0.2 mi · 855
- Madison Early Childhood Learning Center0.8 mi · 50
- Eastview Elementary School1.5 mi · 218
- Mifflin Elementary School1.8 mi · 256
- Madison South Elementary School2.6 mi · 486
- Tyger Digital Academy2.8 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Madison Middle School?
Madison Middle School enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Madison Middle School serve?
Madison Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Madison Middle School have?
Madison Middle School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Madison Middle School?
Student demographics at Madison Middle School are roughly 81% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Middle School?
Madison Middle School is overseen by Madison Local in Richland County.
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