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Enrollment
1,017
Middle
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001207
Madison Middle School
3429 45th AVE SW, SEATTLE, WA 98116 · (206) 252-9200 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,017 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
170 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 305 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 374 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 338 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
75.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
67.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 65.8% |
| 2022-23 | 77.3% | 64.7% |
| 2021-22 | 74.8% | 62.4% |
| 2018-19 | 78.5% | 70.7% |
| 2017-18 | 71.9% | 68.5% |
| 2016-17 | 70.9% | 65.2% |
| 2015-16 | 63.6% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.9% | 62.3% |
% 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Middle School
Madison Middle School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Middle School this school | 1,017 | 16.7% | 68.7% |
| Eckstein Middle School SEATTLE | 1,024 | 15.4% | 73.3% |
| Hamilton International Middle School SEATTLE | 983 | 12.0% | 74.8% |
| Washington Middle School OLYMPIA | 702 | 21.7% | 60.2% |
| Leona Libby Middle School West Richland | 805 | 20.6% | N/A |
| Summit Trail Middle School Ravensdale | 1,097 | 14.9% | 66.7% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #25 of 294 | #21 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #24 of 357 ▼ 2 | #20 of 76 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #25 of 357 ▼ 1 | #19 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #131 of 290 | #35 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,017 | #12 of 377 | #6 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #320 of 340 | #70 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #174 of 340 | #65 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #336 of 359 | #60 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.4% | #36 of 130 | #12 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,017
-5 (0%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 1,017 | 45.4 | 22.4:1 | 17% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 1,020 | 46.4 | 22.0:1 | 16% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 981 | 47.8 | 20.5:1 | 20% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 1,022 | 50 | 20.4:1 | 16% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 45 | 19.6:1 | 23% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 37 | 21.0:1 | 28% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 42 | 20.2:1 | 42% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 934 | 44 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 911 | 43 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (881 to 1,017); teachers up 1% (45 to 45.4).
About Madison Middle School
Students in SEATTLE, Washington, attend Madison Middle School, a large middle school. It reports enrollment of 1,017 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 577.
Within Seattle School District No. 1, Madison Middle School is one of 107 schools. The district enrolls 50,773 students.
The student body at Madison Middle School is 62% White. Other reported shares: 16% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1. The average for middle schools in Washington, 18.9:1, is lower. A total of 170 students, or 17%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.0%. Madison Middle School scores 68.7%.
In the wider King County area, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Madison Middle School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
About 0.4 miles separate Madison Middle School from the closest public school, West Seattle High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Madison Middle School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,022 students in 2020-21 and 1,017 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.4:1.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other Madison Middle schools
22 other US public schools in 20 states are named Madison Middle. Madison Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 23.
- Madison Middle SchoolMADISON, MS · 1,180 students
- Madison MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,158 students
- Madison MiddleAppleton, WI · 929 students
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLREXBURG, ID · 878 students
- Madison Middle SchoolTrumbull, CT · 857 students
Nearby schools
- West Seattle High School0.4 mi · 1,479
- Lafayette Elementary School0.5 mi · 532
- Genesee Hill Elementary0.5 mi · 451
- Alki Elementary School0.9 mi · 269
- Fairmount Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 357
- Pathfinder K-8 School1.7 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Middle SchoolHow many students attend Madison Middle School?
Madison Middle School enrolls approximately 1,017 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Madison Middle School serve?
Madison Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Middle School is approximately 22.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Madison Middle School?
Madison Middle School reports a student body of 62% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Madison Middle School public or private?
Madison Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.