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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Alpha Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADERA UNIFIED·NCES 062334009397
Alpha Elementary
900 Stadium Rd., Madera, CA 93637 · (559) 661-4101 · Madera County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
677 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 25% larger than its 6th grade class (100).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.0pp since 2014
Math
21.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 22.9% | 26.3% | 37.7% |
| Math | 6.7% | 15.2% | 33.6% | 44.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 23.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 18.5% |
| 2021-22 | 32.9% | 20.6% |
| 2018-19 | 30.7% | 20.8% |
| 2017-18 | 23.6% | 16.9% |
| 2016-17 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alpha Elementary
Alpha Elementary's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Elementary this school | 735 | 92.1% | 28.7% |
| Longfellow Elementary Riverside | 701 | 93.0% | 23.9% |
| Terrace Elementary Riverside | 740 | 90.4% | 27.2% |
| Huron Elementary Huron | 723 | 90.6% | 16.0% |
| Fairview Elementary Modesto | 786 | 92.4% | 24.9% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Escondido | 679 | 92.2% | 18.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alpha Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #3,667 of 5,151 | #19 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,117 of 5,172 ▼ 342 | #22 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,330 of 5,172 ▲ 93 | #12 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #2,579 of 5,116 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #603 of 5,915 | #6 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,421 of 5,352 | #21 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #4,459 of 5,354 | #20 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #825 of 5,625 | #14 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #3,272 of 3,837 | #19 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
735
+85 (+13%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 969
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 735 | 35.2 | 20.9:1 | 92% (677) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 28 | 25.1:1 | 93% (655) |
| 2022-23 | 702 | 29.7 | 23.6:1 | 93% (650) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 30 | 21.7:1 | 92% (597) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 30 | 25.9:1 | 89% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 770 | 30 | 25.7:1 | 90% (694) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | N/A | N/A | 89% (629) |
| 2000-01 | 853 | 45 | 19.0:1 | 87% (739) |
| 1990-91 | 969 | 36 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alpha Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (777 to 735); teachers up 17% (30 to 35.2).
About Alpha Elementary
At 900 Stadium Rd. in Madera, California, Alpha Elementary operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. Total enrollment is 735 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. That is 58% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Alpha Elementary is a school in Madera Unified. The district has 28 schools and 19,922 students.
By race and ethnicity, Alpha Elementary is 90% Hispanic. Other groups include 4% multiracial and 2% White. The county population is about 61% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
Alpha Elementary reports a ratio of 20.9 students per teacher, from 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Alpha Elementary, 92% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 11 points above the 81% average for public schools in Madera County.
Alpha Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of California public elementary schools.
Alpha Elementary scores 28.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.6%.
Madera County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madera County's 81 public schools enroll about 32,251 students and include Alpha Elementary.
Madera South High is about 0.2 miles from Alpha Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 28.7% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment increased by 13% across 4 years, from 650 in 2020-21 to 735 in 2024-25.
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Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madera Unified
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
Other schools in Madera
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
Other Alpha Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Alpha Elementary. Alpha Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Alpha ElementaryMorristown, TN · 595 students
Nearby schools
- Madera South High0.2 mi · 1,859
- Madera Unified Adult Transition Program0.3 mi · 15
- Duane E. Furman Independent Study0.3 mi · 348
- James Madison Elementary0.6 mi · 739
- Gould Educational Center0.7 mi · 351
- Madera High0.8 mi · 1,869
Frequently asked questions
About Alpha ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alpha Elementary?
Alpha Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Alpha Elementary serve?
Alpha Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alpha Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alpha Elementary is approximately 20.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alpha Elementary?
At Alpha Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Alpha Elementary?
Alpha Elementary is overseen by Madera Unified in Madera County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.