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Madison Elementary

Los Angeles Unified South Gate Los Angeles County 90280
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
966 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
507 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
93%
Teachers
26 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 98.0%
White 0.6%
Asian 0.6%
Black 0.6%
Other 0.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Madison Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard16.8%
Met Standard19.1%
Below Standard64.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "36% proficient" for Madison Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

16.8% of students exceeded standard while 19.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.4 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 15.0% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 9.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 15.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
16.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
35.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-9.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
15.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
966
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 67 14.9% 26.9% 25.4% 32.8% 41.8%
4th 85 16.5% 14.1% 22.4% 47.1% 30.6%
5th 89 19.1% 18.0% 25.8% 37.1% 37.1%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 67 19.4% 23.9% 17.9% 38.8% 43.3%
4th 86 11.6% 23.3% 36.0% 29.1% 34.9%
5th 89 19.1% 9.0% 32.6% 39.3% 28.1%