Schoolwide model: The school uses the Title I funding across the whole school, supporting and supplementing state and local funds to improve the education of historically disadvantaged students. Typically, schools with 40% or more of the students eligible to receive free or reduced lunch are eligible to receive Title I funds. This percentage can change from year to year.  

Targeted Assistance model: Title I funds provide services to eligible children identified as having the greatest need for special assistance.   Those students must also reside within the attendance area of a Title I school. In this model, Title I provides supplemental instruction to support students who are identified as failing, or most at-risk of failing to meet the State's challenging content and student performance standards. 

In both models Title I funding must always supplement and never supplant the regular education program at a school. All Title I schools in Madison City Schools operate Targeted Assistance school programs. None of the schools in Madison City Schools qualify for schoolwide Title I.