Madera County Independent Academy

Madera County Independent Academy is an all-grades campus of tiny scale in Madera, California, overseen by Madera County Superintendent of Schools, caters to 61 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Madera County Independent Academy sits 90% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Madera County Superintendent of Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 648 students, Madera County Independent Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Madera County Independent Academy records that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Madera County Independent Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Madera County runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Madera County shows median household earnings sit near $76,627, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madera County Independent Academy is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).

Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madera County Independent Academy.

Madera County Independent Academy operates from a residential location. As a public charter, Madera County Independent Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 79%: 292 students in 2018 compared to 61 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 in 2025.

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