MADISON MIDDLE

MADISON MIDDLE, a reasonably sized middle-grades school in ABILENE, Texas, overseen by ABILENE ISD, works with 770 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 26 schools in ABILENE ISD (14,536 students total), MADISON MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MADISON MIDDLE shows that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 40% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MADISON MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MADISON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Taylor County) shows that median household income runs about $67,139, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Taylor County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), of which MADISON MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is ALCORTA EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MADISON MIDDLE at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 989 students in 2018 compared to 770 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 41% to 45%.

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