Madison County School District

Madison County School District serves 20,639 students across 30 schools in northern Alabama — a mid-sized district spanning rural communities and fast-growing suburban edges. Of those 30 schools, 28 carry a MySchoolScout rating, giving parents strong data coverage for side-by-side comparisons.

The district averages 6.5 out of 10 across its rated schools — a serviceable baseline that masks a wide performance spread. Several elementary campuses push well above that mark, making school selection within the district matter. Parents who choose carefully can land a child in a school scoring more than two full points above the district mean.

New Market School leads the district with a score of 8.7 out of 10, one of the strongest elementary ratings in the county. Endeavor Elementary follows at 8.1, and New Hope Elementary rounds out the top three at 8.0. Two additional campuses — Monrovia Elementary and Owens Cross Roads School — both score 7.9, giving families multiple high-performing options at the elementary level. That cluster of five schools above 7.9 signals that strong early education is accessible at several points across the district's geography, not concentrated in a single area.

Madison County's elementary tier is its clearest strength. The five top-rated campuses all outpace the district average by 1.4 to 2.2 points — a gap wide enough to drive meaningful differences in a child's foundational years. Parents entering the district should prioritize elementary assignment early; the concentration of high performers at that level makes the choice consequential. For families comparing Madison County against neighboring districts, the 6.5 average tells part of the story, but the ceiling — anchored by an 8.7 at New Market — reflects what the district's best schools actually deliver.