PHX Reporter

There were 2,591 white students enrolled in Madison Elementary District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Madison Elementary District welcomed 5,832 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 44.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Madison Elementary District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Phoenix.

Among the eight schools in Madison Elementary District, Madison Richard Simis School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 609 students.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor markets for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total White Students	White %
2021	5,671	2,843	50.1%
2022	5,780	2,611	45.2%
2023	5,832	2,591	44.4%