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Enrollment
1,859
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADERA UNIFIED·NCES 062334011679
Madera South High
755 W. Pecan Ave., Madera, CA 93637 · (559) 675-4450 · Madera County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,859 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of California public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,770 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 517 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 487 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 469 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 386 | 21% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
9.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.7% | 29.1% | 30.0% | 25.2% |
| Math | 2.3% | 7.0% | 17.8% | 72.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 9.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 8.9% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 7.3% |
| 2021-22 | 33.4% | 4.0% |
| 2018-19 | 49.8% | 12.0% |
| 2017-18 | 44.2% | 11.0% |
| 2016-17 | 40.4% | 13.8% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 8.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 →
Schools most like Madera South High
Madera South High's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera South High this school | 1,859 | 95.2% | 28.4% |
| Marco Antonio Firebaugh High Lynwood | 1,633 | 94.8% | 32.2% |
| Indio High Indio | 1,962 | 93.8% | 22.8% |
| James Monroe High North Hills | 1,905 | 94.1% | 24.6% |
| Mira Monte High Bakersfield | 2,048 | 94.7% | 18.9% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Los Angeles | 1,678 | 96.3% | 37.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Madera South High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #844 of 1,052 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #979 of 1,056 ▼ 31 | #7 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #810 of 1,056 ▼ 167 | #8 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #195 of 1,044 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,859 | #365 of 2,093 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #556 of 1,352 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.3% | #1,224 of 1,351 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #128 of 1,575 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.1% | #22 of 802 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,859
-932 (-33%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 2,658
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 25.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,859 | 92.7 | 20.1:1 | 95% (1,770) |
| 2023-24 | 1,855 | 85.5 | 21.7:1 | 95% (1,762) |
| 2022-23 | 1,994 | 90 | 22.2:1 | 93% (1,863) |
| 2020-21 | 2,791 | 111 | 25.1:1 | 93% (2,607) |
| 2017-18 | 3,156 | 126.2 | 25.0:1 | 92% (2,899) |
| 2015-16 | 2,916 | 118 | 24.7:1 | 89% (2,598) |
| 2010-11 | 2,658 | N/A | N/A | 83% (2,215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madera South High.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (3,156 to 1,859); teachers down 27% (126.2 to 92.7).
About Madera South High
This page covers Madera South High, a high-enrollment high school in Madera, California. The school enrolls 1,859 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.
The 28 schools in Madera Unified enroll 19,922 students altogether, Madera South High among them.
Of every 100 students at Madera South High, about 94 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 2% Black. Census figures show Madera County is about 61% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 92.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.1 students per teacher. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 95% of students at Madera South High can receive free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Madera County is 81%.
Madera South High holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of California public high schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 23.8%. Madera South High scores 28.4%.
The school is in Madera County, where median household income comes to about $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madera County counts 81 public schools with about 32,251 students.
Among nearby public schools, Alpha Elementary is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Madera South High. Madera South High places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Madera South High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 33% decline, from 2,791 to 1,859. The ratio was 25.1:1 in 2020-21 and 20.1:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Madera South High, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 816 students
Other schools in Madera
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 816 students
Nearby schools
- Alpha Elementary0.2 mi · 735
- Duane E. Furman Independent Study0.2 mi · 348
- Madera Unified Adult Transition Program0.2 mi · 15
- James Madison Elementary0.8 mi · 739
- Gould Educational Center0.9 mi · 351
- Madera High1.0 mi · 1,869
Frequently asked questions
About Madera South HighHow large is Madera South High?
Madera South High enrolls approximately 1,859 students in grades 09-12.
Is Madera South High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madera South High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Madera South High have?
Madera South High employs 93 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madera South High?
At Madera South High, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Madera South High public or private?
Madera South High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madera Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.