Madison Elementary

Set in Sanger, California, Madison Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community, overseen by Sanger Unified. It serves 408 students across grades K through 6.

Within Sanger Unified, which oversees 20 schools and 13,313 students, Madison Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Madison Elementary records that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Asian, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Madison Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sanger High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 486 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 82% to 88%.

On this page, members of the Madison Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.