Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001396
Madison Elementary
319 W Nebraska Ave, Spokane, WA 99205 · (509) 354-3600 · Spokane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
191 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.6pp since 2014
Math
31.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 32.2% |
| 2022-23 | 47.3% | 38.2% |
| 2021-22 | 33.3% | 28.5% |
| 2018-19 | 46.8% | 38.3% |
| 2017-18 | 51.6% | 44.5% |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 46.1% |
| 2015-16 | 46.7% | 40.1% |
| 2014-15 | 48.8% | 41.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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
Madison Elementary's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary this school | 250 | 76.4% | 39.3% |
| Garfield Elementary Spokane | 314 | 78.7% | 32.3% |
| Progress Elementary School Spokane Valley | 280 | 77.1% | 34.0% |
| Richland School District Early Learning Center Richland | 301 | 78.1% | N/A |
| Broadway Elementary Spokane Valley | 282 | 71.3% | 42.7% |
| Adams Elementary Spokane | 312 | 71.5% | 40.0% |
Matched among Washington 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #643 of 936 | #64 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #852 of 1,103 ▼ 37 | #71 of 83 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #795 of 1,102 ▼ 230 | #68 of 83 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #331 of 928 | #34 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #1,048 of 1,268 | #81 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #32 of 1,085 | #10 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #417 of 1,088 | #7 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #157 of 1,169 | #18 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #123 of 778 | #12 of 67 |
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
250
-42 (-14%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 250 | 20.5 | 12.2:1 | 76% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 21.4 | 13.3:1 | 74% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 23.3 | 10.9:1 | 71% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 69% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 74% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 75% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 62% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 18 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 15 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (356 to 250); teachers down 21% (26 to 20.5).
About Madison Elementary
Madison Elementary is a small elementary school in Spokane School District, located in Spokane, Washington. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 250 students. That is 34% below the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
The district, Spokane School District, operates 62 schools serving 28,853 students.
At Madison Elementary, 54% of students are White. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 6% Black. For comparison, the population of Spokane County is roughly 83% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Madison Elementary scores 65%.
Madison Elementary has 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. The school's 12.2:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. The school has 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Spokane County.
A school with Madison Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 28.9%. Madison Elementary scores 39.3%, 10.3 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Spokane County, the median household earns about $78,582 a year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Spokane County has 187 public schools with about 76,588 students, including Madison Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Lidgerwood Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Madison Elementary. The five-mile area around Madison Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 39.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 250, down from 292 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 13.3 in 2020-21 to 12.2 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Madison Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary is the 47th largest of the 60.
- Madison ElementaryMount Vernon, WA · 498 students
- Madison ElementaryEverett, WA · 405 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 203 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolADRIAN, MI · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Lidgerwood Elementary0.5 mi · 278
- Willard Elementary0.7 mi · 384
- Garry Middle School0.8 mi · 410
- Ridgeview Elementary0.9 mi · 301
- Linwood Elementary1.1 mi · 503
- Shadle Park High School1.2 mi · 1,445
Frequently asked questions
About Madison ElementaryHow large is Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 250 students in grades KG-05.
Is Madison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Madison Elementary have?
Madison Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary reports a student body of 54% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
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