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Schools in Madison

Madison’s public schools

Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Madison. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$24.6K
▲ 64% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.4
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
236 students on the public path
In brief

Madison’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Madison’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Madison Elem places highest (better than 93%); Madison High lowest (22%). 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, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Madison ElemMadison-Virgil Unified School District 386A
7–12Madison HighMadison-Virgil Unified School District 386C−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386.

The district

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

Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 236 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$24,578KS $14,966 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading37%
State average 32.5% · 116 students tested
Math37%
State average 29.4% · 116 students tested

Madison vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Madison—Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386

Every school in Madison

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

Also serving Madisonin other towns
Madison Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6
A
130 students11:1Rate it →
Madison High
High · Grades 7–12
C−
106 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Madison’s schools

Are Madison’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Madison. Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Madison. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Madison in?

Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386.

Where do Madison kids go to high school?

Madison High.

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What Madison families are saying about 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.