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Madison Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4477^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of California elementary schools

Summary

Madison Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 749 students in the Santa Ana Unified district, operating in a high-need community where the vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

While Madison's overall state ranking is low, it shows important strengths compared to other local schools, particularly in math where it outperforms the district average and schools like Franklin Elementary and Roosevelt Walker Academy. The school is notably effective at improving student performance over time, with sixth graders scoring much higher than third graders, and it maintains one of the best attendance records in the area, which is a key factor for learning. Madison also achieves these results with moderate per-student spending compared to some peers, such as Monroe Elementary.

It's important to understand that all schools in Santa Ana Unified face similar challenges, which affects their performance. A notable comparison is Robert Heideman Elementary in the higher-performing Tustin Unified district, which achieves similar results with less funding, highlighting how district-level support influences schools. Areas for attention at Madison include a significant performance gap between female and male students and particularly low scores in science.

749

Students ?

22.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,889

Per pupil spending ?

94.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1124 East Hobart St.
Santa Ana, CA 92707-1999

(714) 972-6400

District: Santa Ana Unified

Students who attend Madison Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate
High:	Century High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.2%

Asian:

1.1%

Two or more races:

0.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 37th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg26%

California avg41%

4,477^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 30% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

13^th of 34Elementary Schools in the Santa Ana Unified

1254^th of 1,543Santa Ana Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	4477 of 5857	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	4453 of 5869	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	4162 of 5859	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	4441 of 5883	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	4389 of 5789	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.2	4145 of 5662	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.5	4214 of 5692	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	29.4	3817 of 5614	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	27.0	3933 of 5611	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	37.8	3476 of 5530	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	51.7	2511 of 5390	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	63.3	1831 of 5377	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	57.5	2139 of 5314	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	54.8	2199 of 5193	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	46.7	2567 of 5113	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	45.8	2575 of 5113	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2006	33.1	3103 of 4818	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	31.9	3163 of 4822	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	25.7	3508 of 4809	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.8	1814 of 2227	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.8	1541 of 2585	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.7	858 of 2128	59.7%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	34.2	2237 of 3162	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	45.4	1457 of 3245	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.0	2448 of 3311	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.4	2544 of 3275	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.2	2119 of 3246	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.5	3733 of 5597	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.0	4150 of 5612	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	3853 of 5609	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.9	4633 of 5635	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.7	4325 of 5492	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	4337 of 5413	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	3558 of 5107	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.9	3510 of 5107	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.9	3137 of 5087	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.8	3545 of 5084	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.1	3379 of 4963	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.2	3125 of 4830	35.3%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	251 of 429	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.6	222 of 364	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.4	196 of 335	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.0	297 of 356	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.8	3847 of 5460	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	3934 of 5517	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.7	3337 of 5363	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.0	3585 of 5264	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.7	3587 of 5173	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.8	3254 of 5084	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	4796 of 5628	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	4436 of 5643	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	4079 of 5638	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.2	3942 of 5663	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.3	4077 of 5510	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.9	3637 of 5431	33.0%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	143 of 153	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	124 of 140	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.1	2366 of 2847	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	2364 of 2635	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	1829 of 2420	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)41st percentile+18 vs school

Female (2025)33rd percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)29th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2022)19th percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2025)17th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2025)15th percentile-9 vs school

Military Connected (2025)7th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Mathematics23%-14 vs state

Science15%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Madison Elementary	Public	K-6	1124 East Hobart St.	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-6400	749	33	22.6	94.1%	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	728 (97.2%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	6 (0.8%)	24.2	4477^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.6%		24.1	4453^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	24.1%	24	15.3		15.3	12.2	29.4	35.3	47.0			29.8	15.3	26.2	24.6	27.9			23.3	90.7	93.5		92.8	92.1	92.1	$25,889	$1,087	$24,802
John F. Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-5	1300 East McFadden	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-5700	380	18	21.0	96.3%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	375 (98.7%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.5	4631^st of 5857 public elementary schools	20.9%		16.4	5183^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	11.7%	552	9.4		9.4	31.9	33.8	26.4				31.2	35.7	21.8	11.3				23.9							$28,278	$898	$27,380
Thomas A. Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	2063 Orange Ave.	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 433-6900	332	16	20.6	92.8%	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	326 (98.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21.6	4703^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	19.7%		24.3	4433^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	24.5%	270	11.1		11.1	37.9	31.3	22.2				31.1	32.8	9.4	13.3				20.7							$30,504	$1,456	$29,048
Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	210 West Cubbon	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 564-2900	343	15	22.6	94.2%	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	330 (96.2%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.4	5611^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.2%		18.4	4989^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.0%	622	6.1		6.1	8.5	22.0	12.2				14.8	14.9	20.3	12.2				16.1							$25,336	$773	$24,563
Roosevelt Walker Academy	Public	K-5	501 South Halladay	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 564-1200	675	30	22.4	94.1%	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	645 (95.6%)	20 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	14.4	5319^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.2%		24.8	4384^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.3%	935	15.8		15.8	19.8	23.7	26.3				23.3	18.9	14.4	13.2				15.5	98.3						$28,044	$1,873	$26,171
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-5	417 East Central Ave.	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 431-3900	217	13	16.6	88.5%	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	213 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	15.4	5231^st of 5857 public elementary schools	10.7%		15.9	5223^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	11.0%	8	16.7		16.7	20.7	16.7	25.0				20.2	27.6	13.9	20.8				20.2							$31,643	$1,071	$30,572
Robert Heideman Elementary	Public	K-5	15571 Williams St.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7521	502	19	26.4	97.0%	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	469 (93.4%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	23.5	4544^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.4%		20.3	4832^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	17.7%	288	7.2		7.2	28.8	30.3	24.4				27.9	46.3	24.4	20.5				29.2							$17,543	$1,972	$15,571
Manuel Esqueda Elementary	Public	K-8	2240 South Main St.	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 431-1500	811	37	21.7	94.3%	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	796 (98.2%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	15.7	5208^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.1%		15.6	5245^th of 5869 public elementary schools	10.6%	37	16.0	12.0	13.9	23.0	28.6	27.5	14.3	29.0	21.7	23.5	27.0	18.6	19.6	6.3	14.1	8.6	14.7	93.7				95.8	96.8	$23,274	$865	$22,409
Edward B. Cole Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	333 East Walnut St.	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	Edward B. Cole Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 836-9023	431	18	23.9	82.4%	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	416 (96.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	26.8	4243^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	27.6%		39.7	3193^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	45.6%	1050	18.8		18.8	32.4	35.3	32.4				33.3	30.0	27.9	21.7				26.6	70.7	78.7	94.7	74.7	77.3	76.0
Martin Elementary	Public	K-5	939 West Wilshire	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 480-8000	443	19	23.2	93.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	437 (98.6%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.4	4462^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	23.8%		36.3	3419^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.7%	1043	15.2		15.2	26.9	37.3	31.6				32.1	23.9	29.3	21.5				24.9							$25,416	$1,006	$24,410

Frequently Asked Questions about Madison Elementary

What schools do graduates of Madison Elementary attend?

Students who attend Madison Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate
High : Century High

What is the racial makeup of Madison Elementary?

Students at Madison Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

What district is Madison Elementary in?

Santa Ana Unified

How many students attend Madison Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 749 students attended Madison Elementary.

Is Madison Elementary a good school?

Madison Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.6% of California elementary schools.

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