Madison Headstart

Madison Headstart is a minimally staffed elementary campus in Tacoma, Washington, run under Tacoma School District. The school teaches 23 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 94% below the state mean of about 380.

Across the 66 schools in Tacoma School District (28,900 students total), Madison Headstart accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Madison Headstart logs that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 17% White, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pierce County) records that median household earnings sit near $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Madison Headstart is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Insight School of WA Open Doors Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Headstart.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Madison Headstart's enrollment has rose 229% since 2018, when it stood at 7 (now 23). White enrollment moved from 57% to 17% across the same window.

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