Is Madison Elementary a good school?

Madison Elementary ranks 811 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Madison Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 465 students attended Madison Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Madison Elementary?

Students at Madison Elementary are 37% White, 27% Hispanic, 18% Two or more races, 15% Asian, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Madison Elementary attend?

Students who attend Madison Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Adams Middle High : Redondo Union High

Madison Elementary

Summary:

Madison Elementary is a high-performing public elementary school located in Redondo Beach, California, serving 471 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Redondo Beach Unified School District, which is ranked 146 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Madison Elementary consistently ranks in the top 15% of California elementary schools, with impressive academic performance. 65-73% of students are proficient or better in English Language Arts, and 63-68% are proficient or better in Mathematics. The school's performance on the CAST Science assessment is also strong, with 53-64% of students proficient or better. Compared to the Redondo Beach Unified School District and the state of California, Madison Elementary's academic performance is significantly higher, often exceeding the district and state averages by 10-20 percentage points. The school's performance is particularly strong for Hispanic and White students, who rank in the top 10-15% of California elementary schools in their respective subgroups.

While Madison Elementary's academic performance is generally stronger than nearby schools in the Redondo Beach Unified School District, such as Birney Elementary and Washington Elementary, some nearby schools in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District, such as Meadows Avenue Elementary and Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary, have even stronger academic performance, ranking in the top 2-3% of California elementary schools. Additionally, Madison Elementary has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch compared to many nearby schools, which may contribute to its academic success.

Detail:

Public K-5

2200 MacKay Ln.
Redondo Beach, CA 90278-2509

(310) 798-8623

District: Redondo Beach Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
811^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,333

Students who attend Madison Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Adams Middle
High:	Redondo Union High

Student/teacher ratio: 27.3

Number of students: 465

Racial breakdown:

White:

37.4%

Hispanic:

26.7%

Two or more races:

17.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 21.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Madison Elementary ranks better than 86.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Redondo Beach Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 88.1. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Madison Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (37.4%), Hispanic (26.7%), two or more races (17.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 21.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Redondo Beach Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Madison Elementary is 27.3, which is the highest among 8 elementary schools in the Redondo Beach Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Madison Elementary employs 17 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Madison Elementary is $10,333, which is the highest among 8 elementary schools in the Redondo Beach Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Madison Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Madison Elementary 811^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Madison Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Redondo Beach Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Redondo Beach Unified 146^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Madison Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	86.66	643^rd	4809	86.6%
2005	89.34	521^st	4822	89.2%
2006	83.88	787^th	4818	83.7%
2007	85.76	722^nd	5113	85.9%
2008	76.50	1119^th	5113	78.1%
2009	81.53	921^st	5193	82.3%
2010	85.51	703^rd	5314	86.8%
2011	76.14	1198^th	5377	77.7%
2012	77.54	1152^nd	5390	78.6%
2013	80.28	1033^rd	5530	81.3%
2015	78.95	1147^th	5611	79.6%
2016	81.81	1054^th	5614	81.2%
2017	86.56	837^th	5692	85.3%
2018	83.96	943^rd	5662	83.3%
2019	88.10	748^th	5789	87.1%
2022	92.64	548^th	5883	90.7%
2023	90.34	690^th	5874	88.3%
2024	88.10	811^th	5862	86.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.95	140^th	339	58.7%
2022	74.59	149^th	610	75.6%
2024	48.19	409^th	669	38.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.53	840^th	5084	83.5%
2019	82.38	607^th	5173	88.3%
2023	82.79	670^th	5374	87.5%
2024	53.53	2151^st	5511	61.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.77	1055^th	5413	80.5%
2019	86.94	724^th	5492	86.8%
2022	91.95	517^th	5635	90.8%
2023	90.71	585^th	5617	89.6%
2024	87.67	736^th	5605	86.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	85.50	254^th	2585	90.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	87.03	734^th	5431	86.5%
2019	85.24	813^th	5510	85.2%
2022	90.74	585^th	5663	89.7%
2023	87.55	748^th	5650	86.8%
2024	84.24	909^th	5636	83.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.11	422^nd	1071	60.6%
2023	63.32	548^th	1190	53.9%
2024	53.33	711^th	1203	40.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.23	1480^th	4830	69.4%
2019	91.47	241^st	4963	95.1%
2022	85.35	533^rd	5084	89.5%
2023	88.10	434^th	5098	91.5%
2024	86.94	472^nd	5102	90.7%

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Rank History for White students at Madison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.85	560^th	2737	79.5%
2019	75.46	616^th	2834	78.3%
2022	78.31	511^th	2726	81.3%
2023	74.38	641^st	2662	75.9%
2024	74.43	651^st	2647	75.4%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 1.5)

50%

Reviews:

by a parent
Saturday, October 20, 2018

This school allowed a parent to make private information public about my child and placed my family in danger by reveling this personal information. Because of their negligence my child was not safe at this school. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, August 12, 2011

Half of the teachers are lazy the other half are good. Finding the right teacher is hard. Very good principal. About 10% of all parents help the rest complain. All I can say is very lazy teachers that complain about working too much. They should be fired or retire. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Madison Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1994	283	36	32	125	0	n/a	n/a	0	476
1995	288	32	35	120	2	n/a	n/a	0	477
1996	288	32	35	120	2	n/a	n/a	0	477
1997	259	35	40	154	0	n/a	n/a	0	488
1998	263	33	54	141	0	n/a	n/a	0	491
1999	248	41	48	150	0	n/a	n/a	0	487
2000	224	29	62	130	0	n/a	n/a	0	445
2001	219	28	64	125	0	n/a	n/a	0	436
2002	180	22	72	141	2	n/a	n/a	0	417
2003	180	22	72	141	2	n/a	n/a	0	417
2004	169	32	62	124	1	n/a	n/a	0	388
2005	174	37	75	126	2	n/a	n/a	0	414
2006	171	54	71	126	0	n/a	n/a	0	422
2007	152	49	74	115	2	n/a	n/a	1	393
2008	167	50	66	106	3	n/a	n/a	0	392
2009	185	52	60	114	1	6	3	0	421
2010	207	47	67	108	1	4	4	0	438
2011	189	32	63	117	1	5	23	0	430
2012	194	27	59	117	1	4	37	0	439
2013	184	30	62	126	1	5	47	0	455
2014	183	24	67	123	0	4	48	0	449
2015	174	23	71	127	0	4	52	0	451
2016	167	29	71	147	1	2	57	0	474
2017	165	31	70	136	1	3	76	0	482
2018	153	36	62	137	1	3	79	0	471
2019	167	25	78	143	1	1	73	0	488
2020	182	20	88	136	2	0	72	0	500
2021	158	16	71	129	2	0	72	0	448
2022	159	10	76	117	2	0	84	0	448
2023	167	14	78	132	2	0	78	0	471
2024	174	12	71	124	1	0	83	0	465

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Madison Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	476	17.0	28.0	30
1995	477	17.0	28.1	25.6
1996	477	17.0	28.1	25.6
1997	488	19.0	25.7	27.7
1998	491	22.0	22.3	27.1
1999	487	21.2	23.0	28.7
2000	445	22.0	20.2	25.4
2001	436	21.0	20.8	20.9
2002	417	20.0	20.9	26.6
2003	417	20.0	20.9	26.6
2004	388	19.0	20.4	27.3
2005	414	20.0	20.7	27.1
2006	422	21.0	20.1	25.8
2007	393	19.0	20.7	n/a
2008	392	22.1	17.7	19.6
2009	421	19.6	19.4	25.7
2010	438	19.0	23.0	23.1
2011	430	n/a	n/a	30.7
2012	439	17.0	25.8	n/a
2013	455	16.0	28.4	27.7
2014	449	17.0	26.4	27.4
2015	451	18.0	25.0	24.2
2016	474	20.0	23.7	21.1
2017	482	19.0	25.3	20.3
2018	471	19.0	24.7	25.9
2019	488	18.8	25.9	21.5
2020	500	n/a	n/a	20.2
2021	448	19.0	23.4	17.6
2022	448	19.0	23.5	14.5
2023	471	17.0	27.7	20.8
2024	465	17.0	27.3	21.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Madison Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	476	17.0	28.0	30
1995	477	17.0	28.1	25.6
1996	477	17.0	28.1	25.6
1997	488	19.0	25.7	27.7
1998	491	22.0	22.3	27.1
1999	487	21.2	23.0	28.7
2000	445	22.0	20.2	25.4
2001	436	21.0	20.8	20.9
2002	417	20.0	20.9	26.6
2003	417	20.0	20.9	26.6
2004	388	19.0	20.4	27.3
2005	414	20.0	20.7	27.1
2006	422	21.0	20.1	25.8
2007	393	19.0	20.7	n/a
2008	392	22.1	17.7	19.6
2009	421	19.6	19.4	25.7
2010	438	19.0	23.0	23.1
2011	430	n/a	n/a	30.7
2012	439	17.0	25.8	n/a
2013	455	16.0	28.4	27.7
2014	449	17.0	26.4	27.4
2015	451	18.0	25.0	24.2
2016	474	20.0	23.7	21.1
2017	482	19.0	25.3	20.3
2018	471	19.0	24.7	25.9
2019	488	18.8	25.9	21.5
2020	500	n/a	n/a	20.2
2021	448	19.0	23.4	17.6
2022	448	19.0	23.5	14.5
2023	471	17.0	27.7	20.8
2024	465	17.0	27.3	21.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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