Madison Elementary

Madison Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in Marshfield, Wisconsin, run under Marshfield Unified School District, with 295 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Madison Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Marshfield Unified School District, a district that instructs 3,553 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Madison Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Madison Elementary logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Madison Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Wood County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, Madison Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.9%; actual is 58.7%, +15.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wood County put median household income runs about $67,989, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wood County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), Madison Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Marshfield High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Madison Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.5%.

Madison Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Elementary has decreased 13%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 7% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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