Madison Elementary School

Madison Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary-level community in Parkersburg, West Virginia, operated by Wood County Schools, caters to 264 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Wood County Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 11,098 students, Madison Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Madison Elementary School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Madison Elementary School reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Madison Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Wood County reports that median household income runs about $57,810, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Wood County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,098 students), of which Madison Elementary School is one.

Emerson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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