Is Madison Elementary School a good school?

Madison Elementary School ranks in the bottom 3.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Madison Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 177 students attended Madison Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Madison Elementary School?

Students at Madison Elementary School are 96% African American, 3% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Madison Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Madison Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School High : South Shore International Col Prep High School

Madison Elementary School

Summary:

Madison Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Chicago Public Schools District 299, with 177 students located in the South Side of Chicago. Despite increased spending, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-20% of Madison Elementary School has faced significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, well below-average academic performance, and disparities in subgroup performance.

The school's chronic absenteeism rate has ranged from 49.0% to 60.6% over the past four years, significantly higher than district and state averages. Academically, only 7.9% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and 0% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 30.5% and 41.2% proficiency rates for the district and state, respectively. While the school performs slightly better for its African American student population, it struggles to serve its female, male, and low socioeconomic status students effectively.

Interestingly, nearby schools such as South Shore Fine Arts Elementary School, Revere Elementary School, and Parkside Elementary Community Academy also face academic challenges, but perform better than Madison Elementary School across most metrics. This suggests that the issues at Madison Elementary School are not unique to the school itself, but rather indicative of broader systemic challenges in the district and community. Addressing these complex problems will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach that addresses the specific needs of the school and its students.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

7433 S Dorchester Ave
Chicago, IL 60619-2194

(773) 535-0551

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1994^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,384

Students who attend Madison Elementary School usually attend:

High:	Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School
	South Shore International Col Prep High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.4

Number of students: 177

Racial breakdown:

African American:

96.0%

Hispanic:

3.4%

Two or more races:

0.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Madison Elementary School ranks worse than 96.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 411^th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.5. (See more...)

Compare Details Madison Elementary School ranks worse than 98.2% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.69. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Madison Elementary School is $26,384, which is the 65^th highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Madison Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Madison Elementary School 1994^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Madison Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Madison Elementary School 1339^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Madison Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	9.10	1798^th	2020	11.0%
2004	0.78	2022^nd	2030	0.4%
2005	0.81	2002^nd	2022	1.0%
2006	2.76	2016^th	2086	3.4%
2007	15.77	1854^th	2095	11.5%
2008	9.72	1918^th	2092	8.3%
2009	5.17	2037^th	2120	3.9%
2010	17.70	1854^th	2139	13.3%
2011	34.44	1578^th	2147	26.5%
2012	19.15	1875^th	2166	13.4%
2013	30.33	1582^nd	2167	27.0%
2014	26.19	1623^rd	2093	22.5%
2015	12.28	1934^th	2052	5.8%
2016	12.77	1896^th	2046	7.3%
2017	20.73	1656^th	2044	19.0%
2018	28.38	1463^rd	2037	28.2%
2019	22.34	1645^th	2086	21.1%
2022	12.35	1980^th	2082	4.9%
2023	26.16	1494^th	2077	28.1%
2024	11.50	1994^th	2067	3.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.09	1189^th	1765	32.6%
2019	29.87	1380^th	1816	24.0%
2022	17.88	1654^th	1763	6.2%
2023	40.30	1043^rd	1808	42.3%
2024	16.60	1695^th	1793	5.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.67	1432^nd	1964	27.1%
2019	21.17	1659^th	2019	17.8%
2022	13.81	1818^th	1970	7.7%
2023	17.02	1704^th	1957	12.9%
2024	11.60	1874^th	1942	3.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.36	1443^rd	1972	26.8%
2019	13.11	1884^th	2019	6.7%
2022	13.65	1857^th	1977	6.1%
2023	26.80	1408^th	1984	29.0%
2024	14.26	1793^rd	1959	8.5%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.89	312^th	698	55.3%
2019	39.17	410^th	711	42.3%
2022	29.81	517^th	684	24.4%
2023	52.43	241^st	692	65.2%
2024	27.98	519^th	655	20.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	12.65	1019^th	1185	14.0%
2004	2.30	1190^th	1204	1.2%
2005	5.88	1123^rd	1209	7.1%
2006	4.21	1223^rd	1272	3.9%
2007	9.09	1176^th	1287	8.6%
2008	3.03	1264^th	1293	2.2%
2009	7.30	1237^th	1318	6.1%
2010	11.90	1201^st	1327	9.5%
2011	40.28	920^th	1344	31.5%
2012	2.24	1349^th	1365	1.2%
2013	13.73	1223^rd	1367	10.5%
2014	41.83	797^th	1322	39.7%
2015	12.99	1201^st	1302	7.8%
2016	19.33	1100^th	1294	15.0%
2017	6.34	1292^nd	1293	0.1%
2018	8.50	1274^th	1293	1.5%
2019	13.15	1242^nd	1356	8.4%
2022	17.91	1159^th	1369	15.3%
2023	12.08	1301^st	1367	4.8%
2024	9.69	1339^th	1363	1.8%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.88	1139^th	1161	1.9%
2019	17.70	1097^th	1217	9.9%
2022	25.38	980^th	1221	19.7%
2023	16.25	1160^th	1234	6.0%
2024	12.70	1188^th	1219	2.5%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	9.18	1181^st	1226	3.7%
2019	7.53	1258^th	1276	1.4%
2024	8.76	1236^th	1251	1.2%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	8.35	1222^nd	1223	0.1%
2022	32.69	818^th	1286	36.4%
2023	19.78	1074^th	1292	16.9%
2024	12.52	1203^rd	1264	4.8%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Madison Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.64	486^th	511	4.9%
2019	28.60	441^st	565	21.9%
2022	38.04	318^th	573	44.5%
2023	29.63	425^th	569	25.3%
2024	19.81	510^th	548	6.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board 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: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Madison Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	n/a	692	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	692
1990	n/a	688	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	688
1991	0	698	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	698
1992	0	734	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	734
1993	0	676	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
1994	0	622	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	623
1995	0	604	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	604
1996	0	604	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	604
1997	0	599	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	599
1998	0	620	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	620
1999	0	619	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
2000	0	653	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	653
2001	1	653	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	654
2002	0	589	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	589
2003	0	589	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	589
2004	0	563	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	563
2005	0	594	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	594
2006	1	528	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	529
2007	5	481	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	487
2008	0	475	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	2	478
2009	0	451	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	453
2010	0	351	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	353
2011	0	296	0	3	0	0	1	0	300
2012	0	310	0	4	0	0	2	0	316
2013	0	260	0	4	0	0	1	0	265
2014	0	234	0	2	0	0	1	0	237
2015	1	197	0	2	0	0	1	0	201
2016	1	212	0	1	0	0	1	0	215
2017	1	219	0	5	0	0	0	0	225
2018	0	231	0	7	0	0	0	0	238
2019	0	190	0	7	0	0	0	0	197
2020	0	193	0	4	0	0	0	0	197
2021	0	192	0	1	0	0	0	0	193
2022	0	192	0	4	0	0	1	0	197
2023	0	170	0	6	0	0	1	0	177

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	692	30.0	23.0	n/a
1990	688	28.0	24.5	n/a
1991	698	31.0	22.5	n/a
1992	734	33.0	22.2	n/a
1993	677	33.0	20.5	n/a
1994	623	34.0	18.3	n/a
1995	604	31.0	19.5	n/a
1996	604	31.0	19.5	n/a
1997	599	33.0	18.2	n/a
1998	620	32.0	19.4	n/a
1999	619	32.0	19.3	n/a
2000	653	30.0	21.8	n/a
2001	654	34.0	19.2	n/a
2002	589	30.0	19.6	97.6
2003	589	30.0	19.6	97.6
2004	563	28.8	19.5	90.6
2005	594	32.6	18.2	97.1
2006	529	37.3	14.2	99.4
2007	487	24.0	20.3	97.9
2008	478	24.0	19.9	99.8
2009	453	29.0	15.6	92.5
2010	353	25.0	14.1	96.6
2011	300	14.0	21.4	99
2012	316	15.0	21.0	99.1
2013	265	18.8	14.0	98.9
2014	237	15.0	15.8	98.7
2015	201	13.0	15.4	98.5
2016	215	14.0	15.3	100
2017	225	15.0	15.0	97.3
2018	238	12.7	18.6	97.5
2019	197	15.0	13.1	98
2020	197	14.0	14.0	96.4
2021	193	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	197	16.0	12.3	95.9
2023	177	17.0	10.4	97.2

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	692	30.0	23.0	n/a
1990	688	28.0	24.5	n/a
1991	698	31.0	22.5	n/a
1992	734	33.0	22.2	n/a
1993	677	33.0	20.5	n/a
1994	623	34.0	18.3	n/a
1995	604	31.0	19.5	n/a
1996	604	31.0	19.5	n/a
1997	599	33.0	18.2	n/a
1998	620	32.0	19.4	n/a
1999	619	32.0	19.3	n/a
2000	653	30.0	21.8	n/a
2001	654	34.0	19.2	n/a
2002	589	30.0	19.6	97.6
2003	589	30.0	19.6	97.6
2004	563	28.8	19.5	90.6
2005	594	32.6	18.2	97.1
2006	529	37.3	14.2	99.4
2007	487	24.0	20.3	97.9
2008	478	24.0	19.9	99.8
2009	453	29.0	15.6	92.5
2010	353	25.0	14.1	96.6
2011	300	14.0	21.4	99
2012	316	15.0	21.0	99.1
2013	265	18.8	14.0	98.9
2014	237	15.0	15.8	98.7
2015	201	13.0	15.4	98.5
2016	215	14.0	15.3	100
2017	225	15.0	15.0	97.3
2018	238	12.7	18.6	97.5
2019	197	15.0	13.1	98
2020	197	14.0	14.0	96.4
2021	193	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	197	16.0	12.3	95.9
2023	177	17.0	10.4	97.2

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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