Summary
Madison Elementary is a K–5 school in Lakewood, California, serving 406 students in the Long Beach Unified district, in an area with several nearby schools to compare. In 2025–26, 66% of students met proficiency standards in English language arts (ELA), 53% in math, and 48% in science. The most important finding is that Madison outperformed both the state and district in all three subjects, and ranked second among 10 nearby schools in ELA and math.
ELA and math are Madison’s clearest strengths against nearby schools: its results were about 20 points above the nearby average in ELA and 11 points above it in math. In science, it was about 13 points above the nearby average, ranking fourth. Compared with state results, Madison was ahead by 17 points in ELA, 15 in math, and 12 in science; its district advantages were 15, 13, and 17 points, respectively. Results vary by grade: fourth-grade math was 61%, the highest nearby result, while third-grade math was 49%, ranking seventh among schools with comparable results and just below the district. Fifth-grade ELA was also a standout at 83%, the highest nearby result.
ELA has improved most over time, rising 9 percentage points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, while math changed by less than 1 point and science rose 4 points. Madison’s SchoolDigger standing reached the 78th statewide percentile and 4 stars in 2025–26, the second-highest nearby rating; the district ranked at the 59th percentile with 3 stars. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Low Socio Economic Status Students reached 88, up from 72 in 2023–24, compared with 78 overall—a notably strong and improving ranking for how the school serves this group. As context, 52% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, compared with a nearby-school average of 69%, and the student-teacher ratio was 23.8 in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism also fell from 39% in 2021–22 to 18% in 2025–26, matching the state rate.
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