Madison Headstart

Tacoma, Washington, is home to Madison Headstart, a very small elementary school. Enrollment totals 23 students across pre-K. That puts enrollment 94% below the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.

Tacoma School District includes 66 schools. Together they enroll 28,900 students.

At Madison Headstart, 52% of students are Black. The remaining students are 17% White, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Pierce County is about 7% Black.

There are 22 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 96% of enrollment. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.

For the population of Pierce County, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Madison Headstart shares Pierce County with 286 other public schools.

Insight School of WA Open Doors Program, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Madison Headstart reported 7 students in 2017-18 and 23 in 2023-24. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student mix also changed: the White share decreased from 57% to 17%.

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