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Schools in Madison Center

Madison Center’s public schools

Madison School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Madison Center. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Connecticut’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Connecticut’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
74%
2021–22
Math proficiency
70%
2021–22
Graduate on time
97%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.9K
▲ 8% vs CT $25.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.6
CT 12.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,013 students on the public path
In brief

Madison Center’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Madison Center’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s 920 public schools. Daniel Hand High School places highest (better than 96%); Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School lowest (83%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Madison Center, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Daniel Hand High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Madison Center, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–32 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
6–8Walter C. Polson Middle Schoolin MadisonA
9–12Daniel Hand High Schoolin MadisonA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Madison School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Madison School DistrictGrades K–12 · 5 schools · 2,374 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$27,863CT $25,892 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading74%
State average 50.5% · 1248 students tested
Math70%
State average 39.8% · 1248 students tested

Madison Center vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Connecticut towns that share Madison Center’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Madison Center—Madison
MadisonAMadison

Every school in Madison Center

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Connecticut’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Madison Centerin other towns
J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Madison
A
407 students13:1Rate it →
Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Madison
A−
314 students12:1Rate it →
Walter C. Polson Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Madison
A
541 students10:1Rate it →
Daniel Hand High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Madison
A+
751 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Madison Center’s schools

Are Madison Center’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Madison Center. Madison School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Madison Center. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Madison Center in?

Madison School District.

Where do Madison Center kids go to high school?

Daniel Hand High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.