Madison Consolidated Schools

What the Numbers Say About Madison Consolidated Schools

Madison Consolidated Schools is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Indiana, serving 2,704 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,868. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $65,425, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1806120 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Indiana statewide average of $62,627, teacher pay in Madison Consolidated Schools runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 4.5% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (20.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Indiana, it pays more than 79% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Madison Consolidated Schools reports $45.6M in total expenditure against $46.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 26% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $6.6M, special-education teacher pay is $1.1M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.