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What's one thing Howard Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADERA UNIFIED·NCES 062334003546
Howard Elementary
13878 Road 21 1/2, Madera, CA 93637 · (559) 674-8568 · Madera County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
384 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
CA avg 47.1% . +8.0pp since 2014
Math
23.6%
CA avg 35.6% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
487
-31 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 24.1:1
% White
9%
was 14%
% Hispanic
86%
was 83%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Howard Elementary
Howard Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school in Madera, California, one of the schools within Madera Unified. The school educates 487 students in grades K through 8.
Howard Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Madera Unified, a district that serves 19,922 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Howard Elementary records that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 9% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Madera County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Howard Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Howard Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 29.4%, a residual of -3.1 points.
In the surrounding community, Madera County reports that median household income runs about $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Howard Elementary is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).
Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 3.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Howard Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Howard Elementary has fell 6%, going from 518 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 14% to 9%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for Howard Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary3.0 mi · 816
- John Adams Elementary4.3 mi · 736
- Thomas Jefferson Middle4.5 mi · 948
- Madera Unified Adult Transition Program4.9 mi · 15
- Duane E. Furman Independent Study5.0 mi · 348
- Alpha Elementary5.1 mi · 735
Frequently asked questions
About Howard ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Howard Elementary?
Howard Elementary enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Howard Elementary serve?
Howard Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Howard Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Howard Elementary is approximately 18.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Howard Elementary?
Student demographics at Howard Elementary are roughly 9% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Howard Elementary in?
Howard Elementary is part of Madera Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.