South Elementary School

Set in Madison, Ohio, South Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, operated by Madison Local. It educates 506 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

South Elementary School is one of 14 schools operated by Madison Local, a district that works with 6,747 students overall.

Demographically, South Elementary School reports that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.8%, the actual is 75.3%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Lake County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), of which South Elementary School is one.

Madison High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around South Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Elementary School has contracted 25%, going from 677 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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