Madison’s public schools score below 70% of California districts
The public schools Madison’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation.
What Madison’s schools are like
Madison’s schools are very small
All of Madison’s public school students add up to 10 children, with about 20 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Graduation holds up better than test scores
Test scores run well below the state, but 92% of students still graduate on time. That’s 4 points over the state average of 88%.
Madison shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Madison’s path is shared: Esparto Elementary, Esparto Middle and Esparto High. See the path ↓
Well below the state in reading and math
Reading proficiency is 28%, 21 points below the state. Math is 10%, 23 points below the state. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Madison compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Madison.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Madison
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Madison families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Madison
There’s no college in Madison, but 7 are within 30 miles. The closest is Woodland Community College in Woodland, 12.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Madison. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.