John J. Pershing Elementary

As a heavily attended elementary campus in Madera, California, John J. Pershing Elementary educates 788 students from grades K through 6, operated by Madera Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 69% above typical.

Across the 28 schools in Madera Unified (19,922 students total), John J. Pershing Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, John J. Pershing Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder comes out to 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the resource side, On paper, John J. Pershing Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting John J. Pershing Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Madera County's rate of about 81%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John J. Pershing Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.7%.

In the broader community, Madera County reports that 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%. In all, Madera County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), of which John J. Pershing Elementary is one.

James Monroe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John J. Pershing Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John J. Pershing Elementary has expanded 8%, going from 730 students in 2018 to 788 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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