Alpha Elementary

Located at 900 Stadium Rd., in Madera, California, Alpha Elementary is a well-populated K-5 school that caters to 735 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Madera Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 58% above the state mean of about 465.

Madera Unified runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 19,922 students. Alpha Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Alpha Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 61% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Alpha Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Madera County's rate of about 81%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alpha Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.6%, the actual is 28.5%, a residual of +3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Madera County shows median household earnings sit near $76,627, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Madera County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), of which Alpha Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Madera South High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alpha Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alpha Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Alpha Elementary's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 777 (now 735). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.