Summary:
Zip code 57042 has three schools in Madison Central School District 39-2, serving kindergarten through grade 12: Madison Elementary (515 students), Madison Middle (270), and Madison High (384). The elementary and middle schools’ 2025–2026 results average 55% in ELA, 6 points above the state average, and 48% in math, 4 points above. The clearest overall takeaway is that both K–8 schools exceed state averages in ELA and math, with ELA the stronger area overall.
The two K–8 schools lead in different subjects: Madison Middle scores 57% in all-grades ELA, 3 points above Madison Elementary at 54%, while elementary leads in math, 51% to 44%. Grade-level results show especially strong fifth-grade results at elementary—64% in ELA and 56% in math, 13 points above the state in each—and eighth-grade results at middle, including 64% in ELA and 49% in science. There are weaker spots too: elementary third-grade math is 3 points below the state, and middle seventh-grade math is 4 points below. At Madison High, ACT results are mixed: ELA is 1 point below the state, while math is 4 points above and science 5 points above; its graduation rate is 7 points above the state.
Recent K–8 results show small declines in ELA: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, scores fell 2 points at each school. Math changed less, falling 1 point at elementary and rising 1 point at middle. Science moved in opposite directions: elementary fifth-grade results fell 14 points, while middle eighth-grade results rose 3 points. SchoolDigger gives all three schools three stars for 2025–2026, with ranking percentiles of 55 for elementary, 62 for middle, and 56 for high. Student-teacher ratios are 15.6 at elementary, 12.2 at middle, and 14.8 at high; the 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 29%, 23%, and 20%, respectively. These are contextual differences, not explanations for school results. High school’s current ACT results should not be read as a year-to-year trend from its prior Smarter Balanced results.
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