Summary
Madison Elementary serves 382 students in grades K–6 in Pomona, within Pomona Unified, a district ranked in the 30th percentile statewide by SchoolDigger. The school’s clearest academic contrast is that math is a relative strength locally, while science is its biggest shortfall against the state: its science proficiency was 17%, 19 percentage points below California’s rate.
Compared with nearby schools, Madison’s math and ELA results are stronger than average, while science is weaker. Math proficiency was 25%, the third-highest among Madison and 10 nearby schools, and close to the district’s 25% rate; it was 4 points above the nearby average of 21%, but 14 points below the state. ELA proficiency was 34%, 4 points above the nearby average of 30%, but 5 points below the district and 15 points below the state. Science was 17%, below the nearby average of 20% and the district’s 23%. Grade results show a more specific pattern: third- and fourth-grade math were local strengths, at 32% and 27%, while fifth-grade math fell to 14%.
SchoolDigger ranks Madison in the 26th percentile statewide for 2025–26, with 1 star; its percentile has fallen from 40 in 2023–24. Chronic absenteeism improved, dropping from 48% in 2021–22 to 23% in 2025–26—slightly below the district’s 24%, though above the state’s 18%. In 2024–25, 97% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the second-highest share among nearby schools; the student-teacher ratio was 22.4, compared with a nearby average of 21.2. SchoolDigger’s homeless-student ranking was notably higher than the school’s overall standing: the group ranked in the 75th percentile in 2024–25, versus 36th overall. Its English Language Learner ranking declined from the 68th percentile in 2021–22 to the 35th in 2023–24.
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