Madison Meadows School, Phoenix AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Madison Meadows School

Madison Meadows School serves fifth through eighth graders in the Madison Elementary District in central Phoenix. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. The school sits in a well-established residential pocket of Phoenix, about a short drive north of the downtown core. Phoenix itself is a large, rapidly growing urban center with a diversified economy built around high-technology, manufacturing, aerospace, and tourism, anchored by Sky Harbor International Airport. The neighborhood around Madison Meadows shows housing values that have been steady or slightly softening recently, which may matter for families weighing a move.

Enrollment is large for a middle-level school, with roughly comparable numbers in each grade from fifth through eighth. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic presence and smaller shares of students who identify as two or more races, Asian, Black, and Native American. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, nor were counts of students with disabilities or English learners, making it hard to characterize the school's economic or linguistic diversity from this record. A parent with specific questions about support for special education or English language development would need to ask the school directly.

Academically, the picture varies by subject and grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates across fifth, sixth, and seventh grades clustered around the same level, with a modest dip in eighth grade. In math, the pattern is more uneven. Fifth, sixth, and seventh graders posted rates that were generally in a similar range, but eighth-grade math proficiency was notably lower, by a visible margin. In science, roughly half of fifth graders and a similar share of eighth graders met the proficient benchmark. Overall, the school's combined proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among the many districts in Maricopa County. This suggests that the typical student at Madison Meadows performs somewhat stronger than the countywide median, though individual grade-level and subject-area results vary.

Because Madison Meadows serves only grades five through eight, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not have high school grades, so that measure simply does not apply.

The school's academic trends data is thin. Only a single year of assessment results was available, so no meaningful trend direction can be established. Parents looking to understand whether performance is improving or declining over time will find little to go on here and may want to ask school leadership about multi-year results.

The locale brief describes Phoenix as a fast-growing city with a strong grid street pattern and a car-oriented built environment. The district brief turned up no recent changes or initiatives of notable impact, so this appears to be a school operating without major upheaval or new programs in the immediate past.

For a family considering Madison Meadows, the relevant question is fit. The school is a mid-sized middle-level public school in a large urban district with proficiency that sits above the county midpoint but with a clear drop in eighth-grade math that a family may want to investigate. The central Phoenix location means housing costs are substantial, and the area shows some market softening. A parent wondering about specific student support services, special education offerings, or the percentage of students learning English will need to go beyond this data, as those numbers were not reported.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 42% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 40% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 40% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 34% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 52% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 52% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 51% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Science

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 45% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 42% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

This schoolMadison Elementary District (4270), same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.