Madisonville J H, Madisonville TX

Original Research by School Decision on Madisonville J H

Madisonville J H serves sixth through eighth grade in a small town that sits between Dallas and Houston along Interstate 45, in the heart of Madison County. The school draws students from across a county-seat community known for agricultural trade, a dominant mushroom-growing operation, and modest recent population movement. It is the only middle school in Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District.

The student body is diverse and economically mixed. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment leans toward White and Hispanic students, with a smaller Black population and very few students from other backgrounds. Special education and English learner enrollment data was not available.

Academic performance is uneven. In English language arts, the school shows reasonable strength. Sixth graders meet grade-level proficiency at about the midpoint, seventh graders push ahead of that mark, and eighth graders reach proficiency at a higher rate still. The trend is upward as students progress through the grades. Math proficiency starts low at the sixth-grade level and climbs by eighth grade, suggesting the school works to build mathematical understanding across the middle years, though entry-level mastery remains a soft spot.

Science and social studies show weaker results. Eighth-grade science proficiency sits below the middle, and eighth-grade social studies proficiency is notably low, with only a small fraction of students meeting the standard. This is a meaningful gap a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly if a child is strong in humanities or planning to pursue college-preparatory coursework later.

Across all subjects, many students reach the "approaches" standard (meaning they show understanding of foundational concepts), but only a smaller fraction reach the "meets" or "masters" levels. This pattern holds most clearly in science and social studies.

The school sits in a community with modest housing costs relative to state and national benchmarks, where mortgages are affordable on local household incomes. Madisonville has a walkable historic downtown centered on the courthouse square, though the town is car-dependent overall, with commercial strips along the interstate and quieter residential neighborhoods farther from traffic corridors. The economy rests on agribusiness, oil and gas servicing, a state prison, and the large mushroom operation that anchors employment.

When placed against the other districts in Madison County, Madisonville J H's proficiency index sits above the midpoint. Specific growth trends over time were not available in the data, so readers cannot see whether performance is rising, steady, or declining.

The school website was not provided in the available data, so prospective families will want to reach out directly or visit the district site to learn more about course offerings, extracurriculars, discipline policies, or any recent strategic changes the school may have underway.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 751%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 24 pts above state median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 12 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 651%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 758%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Science

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolMADISONVILLE CISD, 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income43%Higher-income65%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income71%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income54%Higher-income72%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income58%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income48%Higher-income60%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income53%Higher-income60%7 pp gap