Alview Elementary

Alview Elementary is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in Chowchilla, California, operated by Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary, with 183 students on its rolls from grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 399 students. Alview Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Alview Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%; the rest comes out to 33% White.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Madera County's rate of about 81%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Madera County put the typical household earns roughly $76,627 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Madera County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), Alview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

El Nido Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alview Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 28.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alview Elementary has decreased 4%, going from 191 students in 2018 to 183 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 65% across the same window.

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