Summary
Madison Elementary serves 694 students in grades K–5 in San Leandro, California, and compares favorably with ten nearby schools. Its clearest distinction is academic: in 2025–26, it had the highest all-grades proficiency results among those schools in English language arts (ELA), math, and science.
Madison Elementary is ahead of both the state and San Leandro Unified in all three subjects. ELA proficiency was 58%, compared with 49% statewide and 42% in the district; math was 58%, versus 38% and 29%; and science was 55%, versus 36% and 32%. Its leads over nearby-school averages were 28 points in ELA, 30 in math, and 32 in science. One grade-level exception stands out: third-grade math was 54%, below Dayton Elementary’s nearby-high 64%, though still above the state result. Attendance is another strength: chronic absenteeism was 12%, the lowest among nearby schools and below the district’s 20% and state’s 18%.
Results improved across the four years shown, especially in science, which rose 17 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26; ELA gained 5 points and math 4. The science advantage over the state grew by 11 points over that period. In 2025–26, SchoolDigger ranked Madison Elementary 1,263rd of 5,804 California schools, at the 78th percentile with 4 stars; the district was at the 38th percentile with 2 stars. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure for Asian Students was at the 41st percentile, well below the school’s overall percentile, while its measure for Hispanic Students fell from the 83rd percentile in 2023–24 to 65th the next year before recovering to 68th. In 2024–25, the student-teacher ratio was 21:1, slightly below the nearby average of 21.6:1. The school’s 2024–25 **free/reduced lunch eligible** measure was 69%, compared with a 78% nearby-school average; this is context, not an explanation for test results.
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