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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 39-2·NCES 463960001189
Madison Elementary - 07
700 NW 9th St, Madison, SD 57042 · (605) 256-7721 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 South Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
147 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 42%
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 | 108 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 53% · 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
Based on grade levels within Madison Central School District 39-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
SD avg 50.3% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
52.9%
SD avg 47.5% . +2.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 52.9% |
| 2022-23 | 51.6% | 50.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for South Dakota 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 South Dakota'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 - 07
Madison Elementary - 07's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary - 07 this school | 515 | 28.5% | 53.7% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 Rapid City | 478 | 24.7% | 51.7% |
| Beadle Elementary - 03 Yankton | 412 | 33.0% | 56.6% |
| Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 Piedmont | 514 | 25.3% | 58.6% |
| Camelot Intermediate - 06 Brookings | 523 | 21.4% | 44.2% |
| Freedom Elementary - 06 Harrisburg | 442 | 23.3% | 37.8% |
Matched among South Dakota 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 - 07 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #75 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #93 of 199 ▼ 3 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #71 of 202 ▲ 25 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #24 of 331 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #99 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #83 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #131 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #70 of 87 | N/A |
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
515
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 515 | 32.8 | 15.7:1 | 29% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 32.8 | 15.4:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 35.3 | 14.4:1 | 24% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 29% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 33.8 | 16.1:1 | 33% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 33% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 40% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary - 07.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (543 to 515); teachers down 3% (33.8 to 32.8).
About Madison Elementary - 07
At 700 NW 9th St in Madison, South Dakota, Madison Elementary - 07 operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. The school had 515 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in South Dakota) has about 204 students.
The 3 schools in Madison Central School District 39-2 enroll 1,169 students altogether, Madison Elementary - 07 among them.
About 80% of the student body at Madison Elementary - 07 is White. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Lake County, the White share is about 91%. Madison Elementary - 07's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Madison Elementary - 07 total 32.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.7:1. That matches the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 29%.
The allk12 Grade for Madison Elementary - 07 is B. Compared with South Dakota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Madison Elementary - 07's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (53.7%) and its predicted rate (51.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
In Lake County (population about 10,972), the median household income is $76,808, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Madison Elementary - 07 is one of 21 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Madison Elementary - 07 is Madison High School - 01, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Madison Elementary - 07. Madison Elementary - 07 places 1st of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Madison Elementary - 07 is Town: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 515, close to the 504 recorded in 2020-21.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,972
Census ACS
Median income
$76,808
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
2,009 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Central School District 39-2
- Madison High School - 01High · 384 students
- Madison Middle School - 02Middle · 270 students
Other schools in Madison
- Madison High School - 01High · 384 students
- Madison Middle School - 02Middle · 270 students
- Rustic Acres Elementary - 04Elementary · 41 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary - 07 is the 12th 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
- Madison High School - 010.9 mi · 384
- Madison Middle School - 021.0 mi · 270
- Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Elementary9.3 mi · 116
- Oldham-Ramona-Rutland High School9.3 mi · 77
- Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High9.3 mi · 41
- Rustic Acres Elementary - 0410.1 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Elementary - 07How many students attend Madison Elementary - 07?
Madison Elementary - 07 enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Madison Elementary - 07 serve?
Madison Elementary - 07 serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Madison Elementary - 07?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Madison Elementary - 07.
How diverse is Madison Elementary - 07?
Madison Elementary - 07 reports a student body of 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Madison Elementary - 07 in?
Madison Elementary - 07 is part of Madison Central School District 39-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.