Madisonville Int, Madisonville TX

Original Research by School Decision on Madisonville Int

Madisonville Intermediate is a regular public school serving grades three through five in Madisonville, a small county-seat town on the Interstate 45 corridor between Houston and Dallas. The school draws from a community of modest population with steady, small-scale growth tied to its position along the interstate and the presence of a major employer in climate-controlled agriculture.

The school enrolls a mid-sized population across three grades, with a substantial majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is racially and ethnically mixed, with roughly equal shares of white and Hispanic students, and smaller populations of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. Data on special education and English learner populations was not available.

Academic proficiency at Madisonville Intermediate shows uneven ground. In English language arts, third-grade proficiency sits at a modest level, declining to about half in fourth grade and falling sharply in fifth grade, where the school reports only a small number of Spanish-assessed students. In math, fourth-grade proficiency holds at roughly the same modest level as ELA, but third-grade Spanish-assessed results show zero proficiency, and fifth-grade Spanish-assessed students also show very low proficiency. Science, tested only in fifth grade, shows low proficiency overall. Across all subjects measured, the school reports that most students approach grade-level standards but fewer reach them, and notably few master them.

The school sits below the midpoint among districts in Madison County on an overall proficiency index, placing it in the bottom tier of the county's districts. Most recent state testing data comes from the current school year only, so longer-term trend information is not available.

A parent may want to look into the school's instruction in mathematics and science further, particularly for upper-elementary grades, and to ask how the school supports students working toward proficiency, especially in Spanish-language assessment pathways. The low numbers of students assessed in Spanish in some grades may reflect either small cohorts or differences in how the school identifies students for Spanish-language testing; clarifying that would help a parent understand the testing picture. The school's proficiency challenges appear broad across subjects, so understanding what instructional changes or interventions are underway would be relevant to a family considering enrollment.

Housing in the immediate area is modestly priced relative to state benchmarks, and the town itself offers a traditional downtown with parks and community facilities centered on an historic square, though the area is car-dependent and school campuses sit on separate sites away from the civic core.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 49% · ▼ 49 pts below district

▼ 40 pts below state median

Grade 456%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 28 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 361%

School 61% · District 0% · ▲ 61 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 456%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 41 pts below state median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▲ 2 pts above 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

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income65%25 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income71%11 pp gap