Summary:
Madison Consolidated Schools in Indiana serves roughly 2,651 students across six schools — four elementary schools, one junior high, and one high school — with enrollment concentrated in the elementary grades (1,154 students), compared with 769 at the high school and 728 at the junior high. Elementary sizes range from 138 students at Deputy Elementary School to 489 at Anderson Elementary School. The district is listed at 49th percentile with 2 stars, but that average hides wide school-by-school differences.
Performance varies sharply. Madison Consolidated High School ranked 76th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–26, up from 42nd percentile and 2 stars in 2023–24, and its 93.0% graduation rate tops the district's 92.4% and the state's 89.7%. Deputy Elementary has the strongest elementary math, 63.83% across all grades versus a district rate of 32.52%, while Rykers' Ridge Elementary School is also strong in math (52.63%) but weak in ELA (26.79%). Lydia Middleton Elementary School has the district's best attendance, with chronic absenteeism of 9.9% against the district's 30.6% and the state's 16.7%. Anderson Elementary is the lowest performer, at 11th percentile and 1 star, with ELA 19.55%, math 18.89%, and science 19.51%. Madison Consolidated Junior High School splits by grade: 8th-grade ELA is 60.56% versus the state's 44% and 8th-grade math 41.11% versus 34.2%, but 5th-grade ELA is 20.63% versus 42.2% and 5th-grade math 21.69% versus 42%.
Attendance and resources do not fully explain outcomes. Deputy spends the most per student at $17,230 and serves a high free/reduced lunch population of 65.94%, similar to Anderson's 69.73%, yet their math proficiency differs by more than 40 points. The high school's academic gains come alongside chronic absenteeism of 47.2%, nearly three times the state rate. Trends show the high school improving, Rykers' Ridge stable, Deputy, Lydia Middleton, and the junior high declining from earlier highs, and Anderson persistently low.
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