Jack G. Desmond Middle

Jack G. Desmond Middle operates as a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Madera, California, part of Madera Unified. Current enrollment sits at 838 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Jack G. Desmond Middle sits 27% above that benchmark.

Within Madera Unified, which oversees 28 schools and 19,922 students, Jack G. Desmond Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Jack G. Desmond Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%); the rest is composed of 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the resource side, On paper, Jack G. Desmond Middle has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at Jack G. Desmond Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Madera County (around 81%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Jack G. Desmond Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.8%; this one delivers 23.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Madera County put median household income runs about $76,627, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madera County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), of which Jack G. Desmond Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Nishimoto Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jack G. Desmond Middle comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Jack G. Desmond Middle's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 897 (now 838). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 90% to 96% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.