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Madison Senior High School
Madison Senior High School is a public high school in Madison CUSD 12, serving grades 9 - 12 in Madison, Madison County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Commendable, the same designation it received in 2023 and 2024.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Commendable
- 2024Commendable
- 2025Commendable
What Commendable means: No student group performing at or below the level of the lowest 5 percent of schools, and overall performance outside the top 10 percent statewide.
How it compares with other Madison County high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | Not reported | 49.7%9 schools | n/a |
| Math proficiency | Not reported | 32.8%9 schools | n/a |
| Chronic absenteeism | 64.1% | 30.8%9 schools | +33.3 pts |
| Average class size | 12.2 | 20.39 schools | -8.1 |
| Low-income enrollment | 99.2% | 42.6%9 schools | +56.6 pts |
Median of other high schools in Madison County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2024-25 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- Chronic absenteeism is 33.3 points above the median for other Madison County high schools (30.8%). Worth asking the school about.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with Madison CUSD 12. Boundaries change, and a listing's school field is not a guarantee.
- Visit. A designation summarizes test results, growth and attendance. It does not describe a classroom.
- Read the full report card for student-group results, growth and staffing.
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Other schools in Madison CUSD 12
- Bernard Long Elementary School Intensive
- Madison Junior High School Commendable
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: Madison Senior High School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2023, 2024 and 2025, retrieved 2026-10-06
- ISBE 2025 Report Card Glossary (designation definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.
