About Madison County Public Schools
Madison County Public Schools is a public school system serving Madison County, Virginia, based in Madison. It serves 1,585 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #102 largest of Virginia’s 132 school systems.
Size and structure
Madison County Public Schools enrolls 1,585 students in 4 schools — an average of about 396 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #102 of 132 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Madison County Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,585 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Madison County Public Schools employs about 115 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1 — above the Virginia average of about 13.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 270.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Virginia funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Madison County Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Virginia publishes School Quality Profiles for every school and division, and in 2024–25 adopted a new School Performance and Support Framework of multi-indicator performance and support designations covering achievement, readiness, program completion, safety and teacher quality. Look up Madison County Public Schools on the Virginia School Quality Profiles.
Accreditation status
Virginia accredits its public schools itself through the Standards of Accreditation (8VAC20-131), administered by the Department of Education under the Board of Education, rather than a private accreditor. See the Virginia Department of Education for a district’s accreditation status.
Madison County Public Schools vs. Virginia
See every Virginia district side by side in the Virginia directory.
Look up Madison County Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):