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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON LOCAL·NCES 390494503599
Madison South Elementary School
700 S Illinois Ave, Mansfield, OH 44907 · (419) 522-4319 · Richland County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
386 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 74 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (77).
Student demographics
37%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
Students here typically continue to
Madison South Elementary School→Madison Middle School
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
38.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.4pp since 2021
Math
62.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +14.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 48.4% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 South Elementary School
Madison South Elementary School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison South Elementary School this school | 486 | 79.4% | 48.9% |
| Northwood Intermediate School Sidney | 438 | 74.4% | 51.9% |
| Cornerstone Elementary School Wooster | 347 | 79.5% | 51.7% |
| Spring Hill Elementary Akron | 478 | 83.5% | 49.2% |
| Longfellow Primary School Sidney | 303 | 83.2% | N/A |
| Bucyrus Elementary School Bucyrus | 562 | 73.1% | 48.9% |
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 Madison South Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #658 of 673 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #870 of 1,569 ▲ 182 | #13 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,272 of 1,569 ▼ 67 | #17 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #608 of 1,514 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #523 of 1,808 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #240 of 1,582 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #770 of 1,590 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #29 of 767 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #528 of 992 | #8 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 2024-25Enrollment
486
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 79% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 78% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | N/A | N/A | 69% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 31 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 74% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 68% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 83% (531) |
| 2000-01 | 759 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 41% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 37 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison South Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (552 to 486); teachers down 3% (34 to 33).
About Madison South Elementary School
Madison South Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Mansfield, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 486 students in pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students, so this school is 20% above average.
Madison South Elementary School sits within Madison Local, which has 6 schools and 2,626 students.
Roughly 78% of students at Madison South Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Madison South Elementary School is 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. About 79% of students, or 386, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Richland County report 54%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Madison South Elementary School would be expected to post about 58.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Richland County, the median household income is $59,509, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Richland County is home to 49 public schools and about 18,772 public school students.
The shortest distance from Madison South Elementary School to another public school is about 1.7 miles, to Tyger Digital Academy. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Madison South Elementary School's enrollment climbed 3%, to 486.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Madison South Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 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
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Malabar Intermediate SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Tyger Digital Academy1.7 mi · 83
- Malabar Intermediate School1.9 mi · 660
- Madison Early Childhood Learning Center2.3 mi · 50
- Mansfield Spanish Immersion School2.5 mi · 220
- Woodland Elementary School2.5 mi · 201
- Madison Middle School2.6 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Madison South Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Madison South Elementary School?
Madison South Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Madison South Elementary School serve?
Madison South Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Madison South Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Madison South Elementary School.
How diverse is Madison South Elementary School?
Madison South Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison South Elementary School?
Madison South Elementary School is overseen by Madison Local in Richland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.