Summary:
ZIP code 47250 has exactly one middle school — Madison Consolidated Junior High School — serving grades 5 through 8 with 728 students, part of Madison Consolidated Schools in Madison, Indiana. With no peer schools to compare against locally, the most useful context comes from the school's own multi-year record and from district and state benchmarks.
Results split sharply by grade. Eighth grade is a genuine strength: 60.6% of students were proficient in English language arts versus 44% statewide, and 41.1% in math versus 34.2%. Fifth grade is the opposite — 20.6% proficient in ELA against a state figure of 42.2%, and 21.7% in math against 42%. Across all grades, the school beats its district in ELA (39.1% vs. 35.1%) and science (41.5% vs. 36.2%), but trails slightly in math (30.2% vs. 32.5%). Science is the clearest success story, up 12.8 points in a year, while ELA and math each fell by roughly six points. Social studies, tested at 5th grade, sits at 34.9% against a state figure of 47.2%.
The biggest headwind is attendance: 30.8% of students are chronically absent — close to the district's 30.6% but about 1.8 times the state's 16.7%. About 54.1% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $12,117, and the student–teacher ratio is 15.6 to 1, both fairly typical. The school ranked in the 63rd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 78th percentile and 4 stars two years earlier, even as it continues to outperform the district it belongs to. The overall picture is strong upper-grade achievement alongside a weak 5th-grade starting point, with absenteeism the issue most in need of attention.
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