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Madison Elementary

331 N Grant Ave, Janesville, WI 53548 · (608) 743-6800 · Rock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
234 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 42%
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3612%
Kindergarten4013%
Grade 14515%
Grade 25016%
Grade 34314%
Grade 44816%
Grade 54515%

This year's kindergarten class (40) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).

Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
16052%
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
8126%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
237%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
3913%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
17055%
Female
13745%

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
51.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +8.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2551.9%50.4%
2023-2440.3%41.7%
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 (47.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Madison Elementary this school30776.2%47.3%
Lincoln Elementary
Janesville
29176.3%34.6%
Jackson Elementary
Janesville
33977.9%51.1%
Gaston Elementary
Beloit
34875.6%26.4%
Hadfield Elementary
Waukesha
33873.7%37.2%
Adams Elementary
Janesville
26776.8%39.6%
Matched among Wisconsin 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
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Rock County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
47.3%#661 of 982#18 of 27
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
50.4%#582 of 992
▲ 135
#16 of 27
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
51.9%#513 of 992
▲ 222
#15 of 27
▲ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
307#601 of 1,157#21 of 31
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.4:1#181 of 901#7 of 28
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.7%#173 of 901#7 of 28
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
76.2%#143 of 1,064#6 of 29
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-31.3%#70 of 664#1 of 14
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 2024-25
Enrollment
307
-31 (-9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2530726.911.4:176% (234)
2023-2431226.511.8:177% (239)
2022-2332926.712.3:173% (241)
2020-213382613.0:177% (259)
2017-1844732.213.9:163% (282)
2015-164423413.0:165% (287)
2010-113892813.9:161% (236)
2000-014703115.2:119% (90)
1990-914892420.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 31% (447 to 307); teachers down 16% (32.2 to 26.9).

About Madison Elementary

Madison Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Janesville, Wisconsin. A federal count lists 307 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.

Besides Madison Elementary, Janesville School District runs 21 other schools. The district enrolls 9,355 students.

Madison Elementary's enrollment is 52% White. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 7% Black. In Rock County overall, about 82% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Madison Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.

Madison Elementary employs 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.4:1. That ratio is under the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 76% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Rock County.

Test results at Madison Elementary are 16.4 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.3%, compared with a predicted 30.9%, which ranks in the top 10% in Wisconsin.

Within Rock County, median household income is about $75,673, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 65 public schools in Rock County, with a combined enrollment of about 25,542.

ARISE Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 43.8% on proficiency, and Madison Elementary is above that at 47.3%.

In the federal locale system, Madison Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Federal counts put enrollment at 338 in 2020-21 and 307 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.0:1 to 11.4:1.

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Rock County at a glance

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Population
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students

Quick facts

School name
Madison Elementary
District
Janesville School District
Address
331 N Grant Ave, Janesville, WI 53548
Phone
(608) 743-6800
County
Rock County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
307
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
11.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
234 (76%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
550702000767
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary is the 39th largest of the 60.

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Frequently asked questions

About Madison Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
Is Madison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary is approximately 11.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Elementary?
At Madison Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 26% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Madison Elementary public or private?
Madison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Janesville School District.
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