Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHFIELD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550882001019
Madison Elementary
510 N Palmetto Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449 · (715) 384-8181 · Wood County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
167 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Marshfield Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 51.6% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 (58.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary this school | 295 | 56.6% | 58.7% |
| Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary Ontario | 322 | 59.0% | 52.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary Merrillan | 339 | 58.7% | 47.5% |
| Dodgeland Elementary Juneau | 315 | 56.5% | 55.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary Marshfield | 281 | 58.7% | 56.6% |
| Westfield Elementary Westfield | 275 | 55.6% | 49.1% |
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| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #436 of 982 | #7 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #496 of 992 ▲ 104 | #8 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #429 of 992 ▼ 8 | #5 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #633 of 1,157 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #333 of 901 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.2% | #564 of 901 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #314 of 1,064 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #376 of 664 | #6 of 12 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
295
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 295 | 23.7 | 12.5:1 | 57% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 24.6 | 11.1:1 | 55% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 25 | 11.3:1 | 56% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 51% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 21.3 | 15.9:1 | 45% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 49% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 47% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 11% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 23 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (339 to 295); teachers up 11% (21.3 to 23.7).
About Madison Elementary
Families in Marshfield, Wisconsin, are served by Madison Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 295 students.
Within Marshfield Unified School District, Madison Elementary is one of 8 schools. The district enrolls 3,553 students.
The share of students at Madison Elementary who are White is 82%. Other students are 14% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wood County residents are about 91% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.5:1. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Of all students at Madison Elementary, 57% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 43% average for public schools in Wood County is 14 points lower.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 42.9%. Madison Elementary posts 58.7%, 15.8 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Wood County, median household income comes to about $67,989, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 32 public schools and about 10,849 students.
The closest school to Madison Elementary is Marshfield High, located about 0.2 miles away. Madison Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Madison Elementary at 7th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Madison Elementary is Town: Distant.
From 306 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 295 by 2024-25.
The Madison Elementary discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Wood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,004
Census ACS
Median income
$67,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshfield Unified School District
- Marshfield HighHigh · 1,181 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Marshfield MiddleMiddle · 537 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Nasonville ElementaryElementary · 231 students
Other schools in Marshfield
- Marshfield HighHigh · 1,181 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Marshfield MiddleMiddle · 537 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Nasonville ElementaryElementary · 231 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary is the 40th largest of the 60.
- Madison ElementaryStevens Point, WI · 360 students
- Madison ElementaryJanesville, WI · 307 students
- Madison ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 257 students
- Madison ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 202 students
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Marshfield High0.2 mi · 1,181
- Marshfield K40.6 mi · 158
- Marshfield Middle0.8 mi · 537
- Lincoln Elementary1.1 mi · 281
- Grant Elementary1.1 mi · 554
- Washington Elementary2.0 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Madison ElementaryHow many students attend Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Madison Elementary serve?
Madison Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary is approximately 12.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Elementary?
At Madison Elementary, the student body is approximately 82% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Madison Elementary public or private?
Madison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marshfield Unified School District.
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