Madison School

Summary:

Madison School is an elementary school located in South Holland, Illinois, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 321 students. The school is part of the South Holland School District 151, which is ranked 678 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Madison School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1339 and 1844 out of over 2,000 schools in recent years, and a 1- or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Madison School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, student attendance, and the socioeconomic status of its student population. The school has had very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 22.9% to 41.0%, which is much higher than the state average. Academically, only 25.3% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide, and only 16% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 28.4% statewide. While Madison School performs poorly overall, it ranks in the top 20% of Illinois elementary schools for African American students and in the top 35% for Hispanic students, indicating that it is providing relatively stronger support for these populations compared to its overall performance. However, the school struggles significantly with the performance of its special education and disabled student populations, ranking in the bottom 20% of Illinois elementary schools for these subgroups.

When comparing Madison School to other nearby elementary schools, several interesting patterns emerge. Schools within the same South Holland School District 151, such as Taft School and Eisenhower School, perform similarly to or slightly better than Madison School, indicating district-wide challenges. Schools in the neighboring Dolton School District 148 and Dolton School District 149 generally perform worse than Madison School, suggesting that Madison School may be one of the stronger schools in the broader South Holland/Dolton area. However, Greenwood Elementary School, which is in a different district (South Holland School District 150) but geographically close, outperforms Madison School on most academic measures, indicating that location and district factors may play a significant role in school performance.


Detail:

Public 4-5

 15700 Orchid Dr
       South Holland, IL  60473-1300


(708) 339-2117

District: South Holland School District 151

SchoolDigger Rank:
1339th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $25,573 Help


Students who attend Madison School usually attend:

Middle:    Coolidge Middle School
High:    Thornwood High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  321

Racial breakdown:

African American:
66.4%
Hispanic:
30.2%
Two or more races:
2.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Madison School ranks worse than 64.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.16. (See more...)
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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
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Compare Details Madison School has the largest elementary school student body size in the South Holland School District 151.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Madison School is $25,573, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the South Holland School District 151!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Madison School:

SchoolDigger ranks Madison School 1339th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Madison School in the ranking list.)

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South Holland School District 151:

SchoolDigger ranks South Holland School District 151 678th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Madison School

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Rank History for all students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 13.41 1740th 2020 13.9%
2004 15.32 1760th 2030 13.3%
2005 20.72 1719th 2022 15.0%
2006 24.99 1734th 2086 16.9%
2007 24.05 1763rd 2095 15.8%
2008 27.02 1660th 2092 20.7%
2009 20.27 1795th 2120 15.3%
2010 19.00 1832nd 2139 14.4%
2011 12.36 1956th 2147 8.9%
2012 19.57 1866th 2166 13.9%
2013 18.25 1841st 2167 15.0%
2014 20.41 1749th 2093 16.4%
2015 15.10 1844th 2052 10.1%
2016 18.08 1747th 2046 14.6%
2017 16.88 1772nd 2044 13.3%
2018 23.09 1580th 2037 22.4%
2019 21.96 1661st 2086 20.4%
2021 19.83 1583rd 1948 18.7%
2022 30.58 1381st 2082 33.7%
2023 25.67 1509th 2077 27.3%
2024 32.16 1339th 2067 35.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.84 656th 718 8.6%
2019 46.95 337th 743 54.6%
2021 52.59 154th 537 71.3%
2022 48.05 317th 768 58.7%
2023 51.53 278th 788 64.7%
2024 38.56 496th 826 40.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.95 587th 763 23.1%
2019 23.63 1018th 1194 14.7%
2021 24.85 515th 640 19.5%
2022 22.15 1024th 1113 8.0%
2023 23.72 954th 1156 17.5%
2024 24.83 946th 1195 20.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.95 1086th 1765 38.5%
2019 38.05 1159th 1816 36.2%
2021 35.13 994th 1514 34.3%
2022 50.43 767th 1763 56.5%
2023 42.89 984th 1808 45.6%
2024 52.83 734th 1793 59.1%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.26 1439th 1964 26.7%
2019 29.40 1434th 2019 29.0%
2021 23.00 1298th 1680 22.7%
2022 33.98 1221st 1970 38.0%
2023 23.44 1494th 1957 23.7%
2024 36.54 1156th 1942 40.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.30 607th 907 33.1%
2024 30.81 629th 886 29.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.20 1628th 1972 17.4%
2019 17.09 1763rd 2019 12.7%
2021 16.18 1521st 1707 10.9%
2022 27.43 1373rd 1977 30.6%
2023 28.52 1357th 1984 31.6%
2024 28.40 1359th 1959 30.6%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.81 232nd 698 66.8%
2019 58.88 206th 711 71.0%
2021 39.99 221st 428 48.4%
2022 57.73 191st 684 72.1%
2023 55.27 219th 692 68.4%
2024 69.57 111th 655 83.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Madison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.06 557th 938 40.6%
2019 28.01 742nd 955 22.3%
2021 43.32 368th 742 50.4%
2022 59.41 278th 954 70.9%
2023 51.91 395th 970 59.3%
2024 55.50 327th 959 65.9%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

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.

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Madison School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 169 118 2 5 n/a n/a n/a 0 294
1989 130 140 3 6 n/a n/a n/a 0 279
1990 63 183 4 9 n/a n/a n/a 0 259
1991 126 124 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 256
1992 106 124 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 238
1993 106 123 4 9 0 n/a n/a 0 242
1994 92 131 2 8 0 n/a n/a 0 233
1995 36 155 2 22 0 n/a n/a 0 215
1996 36 155 2 22 0 n/a n/a 0 215
1997 32 175 1 32 0 n/a n/a 0 240
1998 23 204 0 30 0 n/a n/a 0 257
1999 19 188 2 29 0 n/a n/a 0 238
2000 11 207 1 23 0 n/a n/a 0 242
2001 16 230 1 39 0 n/a n/a 0 286
2002 6 276 0 43 0 n/a n/a 0 325
2003 6 276 0 43 0 n/a n/a 0 325
2004 5 271 0 59 1 n/a n/a 0 336
2005 4 265 0 54 1 n/a n/a 1 325
2006 4 309 2 55 0 n/a n/a 2 372
2007 4 297 1 71 0 n/a n/a 2 375
2008 3 251 0 76 0 n/a n/a 3 333
2009 4 261 0 78 0 n/a n/a 3 346
2010 4 228 0 73 0 n/a n/a 3 308
2011 3 225 0 89 4 0 7 0 328
2012 3 204 1 89 3 0 7 0 307
2013 3 190 0 85 0 1 3 0 282
2014 3 184 2 89 0 0 4 0 282
2015 6 213 1 92 1 0 4 0 317
2016 6 220 0 103 1 0 10 0 340
2017 3 216 0 122 0 0 7 0 348
2018 5 203 0 124 2 1 4 0 339
2019 5 218 1 103 1 2 6 0 336
2020 2 239 1 107 0 2 8 0 359
2021 3 230 1 109 0 2 4 0 349
2022 4 206 0 98 0 0 9 0 317
2023 3 213 0 97 0 0 8 0 321

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 School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 294 16.0 18.3 n/a
1989 279 15.1 18.4 n/a
1990 259 16.0 16.1 n/a
1991 256 16.0 16.0 n/a
1992 238 13.0 18.3 n/a
1993 242 13.0 18.6 n/a
1994 233 13.0 17.9 n/a
1995 215 13.0 16.5 n/a
1996 215 13.0 16.5 n/a
1997 240 14.0 17.1 n/a
1998 257 15.0 17.1 n/a
1999 238 17.0 14.0 n/a
2000 242 16.0 15.1 n/a
2001 286 17.0 16.8 n/a
2002 325 22.0 14.8 76.3
2003 325 22.0 14.8 76.3
2004 336 21.0 16.0 74.1
2005 325 21.0 15.5 76.2
2006 372 21.0 17.7 81.6
2007 375 22.0 17.0 76.9
2008 333 19.0 17.5 76.7
2009 346 20.0 17.3 81.6
2010 308 22.0 14.0 82
2011 328 19.0 17.2 84.5
2012 307 18.0 17.0 83.4
2013 282 17.9 15.7 87.2
2014 282 18.0 15.6 78.4
2015 317 21.0 15.0 99.1
2016 340 25.0 13.6 85.6
2017 348 26.5 13.1 98.9
2018 339 27.4 12.3 97.6
2019 336 26.5 12.6 99.7
2020 359 26.4 13.5 98.3
2021 349 n/a n/a n/a
2022 317 23.7 13.3 98.1
2023 321 23.5 13.6 99.1

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 School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 294 16.0 18.3 n/a
1989 279 15.1 18.4 n/a
1990 259 16.0 16.1 n/a
1991 256 16.0 16.0 n/a
1992 238 13.0 18.3 n/a
1993 242 13.0 18.6 n/a
1994 233 13.0 17.9 n/a
1995 215 13.0 16.5 n/a
1996 215 13.0 16.5 n/a
1997 240 14.0 17.1 n/a
1998 257 15.0 17.1 n/a
1999 238 17.0 14.0 n/a
2000 242 16.0 15.1 n/a
2001 286 17.0 16.8 n/a
2002 325 22.0 14.8 76.3
2003 325 22.0 14.8 76.3
2004 336 21.0 16.0 74.1
2005 325 21.0 15.5 76.2
2006 372 21.0 17.7 81.6
2007 375 22.0 17.0 76.9
2008 333 19.0 17.5 76.7
2009 346 20.0 17.3 81.6
2010 308 22.0 14.0 82
2011 328 19.0 17.2 84.5
2012 307 18.0 17.0 83.4
2013 282 17.9 15.7 87.2
2014 282 18.0 15.6 78.4
2015 317 21.0 15.0 99.1
2016 340 25.0 13.6 85.6
2017 348 26.5 13.1 98.9
2018 339 27.4 12.3 97.6
2019 336 26.5 12.6 99.7
2020 359 26.4 13.5 98.3
2021 349 n/a n/a n/a
2022 317 23.7 13.3 98.1
2023 321 23.5 13.6 99.1

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.

Immunization Rates

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaVaricellaDTPHepatitis B
201699.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%100.0%99.7%
201799.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.1%
201998.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%
202199.1%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.1%99.7%
2022100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.7%100.0%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Madison School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,062 (13.3%) $13,499 (86.7%) $15,561
2020 $1,481 (10.6%) $12,550 (89.4%) $14,032
2021 $1,187 (8.1%) $13,450 (91.9%) $14,636
2022 $1,187 (8.1%) $13,450 (91.9%) $14,636
2023 $3,485 (17.8%) $16,143 (82.2%) $19,629
2024 $3,655 (14.3%) $21,918 (85.7%) $25,573

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Madison School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1661st of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1509th of 2077 Elementary schools
 7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts (Madison School)15.214.4
 0.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Holland School District 151)15.214.4
 0.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Madison School)16.66.2
 10.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Holland School District 151)16.66.2
 10.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Madison School)18.321.1
 2.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Holland School District 151)18.321.1
 2.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Madison School)14.715.8
 1.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (South Holland School District 151)14.715.8
 1.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Madison School)3836.6
 1.4%
   5th Grade Science (South Holland School District 151)3836.6
 1.4%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students336321
 4.5%
African American218213
 2.3%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic10397
 5.8%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White53
 40%
Two or More Races68
 33.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients99.7%99.1%
 0.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Madison School

Students at Madison School are 66% African American, 30% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Madison School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Coolidge Middle School
High : Thornwood High School

Madison School ranks 1339th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 321 students attended Madison School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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