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What tradition at Madison Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANGER UNIFIED·NCES 063525005977
Madison Elementary
2324 Cherry St., Sanger, CA 93657 · (559) 524-7430 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
328 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
39.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
30.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.4% | 28.1% | 26.8% | 33.7% |
| Math | 11.4% | 19.5% | 33.7% | 35.4% |
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 | 39.4% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 27.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.4% | 27.2% |
| 2018-19 | 48.9% | 45.6% |
| 2017-18 | 48.3% | 40.9% |
| 2016-17 | 45.6% | 39.7% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Madison Elementary
Madison Elementary's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Elementary this school | 408 | 80.4% | 35.1% |
| Bellevue Elementary Santa Rosa | 382 | 81.2% | 30.5% |
| Studebaker Elementary Norwalk | 394 | 79.2% | 51.3% |
| Jackson Elementary Sanger | 374 | 81.6% | 28.3% |
| Maxson Elementary El Monte | 433 | 82.0% | 33.6% |
| Vena Avenue Elementary Arleta | 464 | 79.3% | 59.6% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Madison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #2,952 of 5,151 | #97 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,138 of 5,172 ▼ 202 | #103 of 185 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,981 of 5,172 ▲ 51 | #96 of 185 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #1,278 of 5,116 | #69 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #3,602 of 5,915 | #151 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,543 of 5,352 | #171 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #4,328 of 5,354 | #145 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #2,155 of 5,625 | #120 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #1,904 of 3,837 | #52 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
408
-124 (-23%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 408 | 16.2 | 25.2:1 | 80% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 17.2 | 25.1:1 | 79% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 19.7 | 23.8:1 | 81% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 22 | 24.2:1 | 74% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 19.9 | 24.4:1 | 81% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 19 | 24.5:1 | 84% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | N/A | N/A | 89% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 23 | 21.5:1 | 74% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 24 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (486 to 408); teachers down 19% (19.9 to 16.2).
About Madison Elementary
Madison Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Sanger, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 408 students in kindergarten through 6.
Sanger Unified has 20 schools; together they serve 13,313 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Madison Elementary, with 88% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% Asian and 4% White. In Fresno County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Madison Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.
Teachers at Madison Elementary total 16.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.2:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 328 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 80%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.4% at Madison Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fresno County show that median household income is about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 368 public schools in Fresno County, with a combined enrollment of about 206,072.
Sanger High is the public school closest to Madison Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Madison Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 40.9% on proficiency, and Madison Elementary is below that at 35.1%.
Madison Elementary falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Madison Elementary saw enrollment fall 23% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 24.2:1 in 2020-21 and 25.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sanger Unified
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Sanger West HighHigh · 1,438 students
- John S. Wash ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Other schools in Sanger
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sanger Academy CharterElementary · 609 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 488 students
Other Madison Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 27 states are named Madison Elementary. Madison Elementary is the 25th largest of the 60.
- Madison ElementaryNorth Highlands, CA · 754 students
- Madison ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 749 students
- Madison ElementaryStockton, CA · 703 students
- Madison ElementarySan Leandro, CA · 694 students
- Madison ElementaryRiverside, CA · 675 students
Nearby schools
- Sanger High0.5 mi · 2,426
- Sanger Academy Charter0.5 mi · 609
- Hallmark Academy0.5 mi · 287
- Lincoln Elementary0.6 mi · 505
- Washington Academic Middle0.7 mi · 1,539
- Kings River High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 89
Frequently asked questions
About Madison ElementaryHow many students attend Madison Elementary?
Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Madison Elementary serve?
Madison Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Madison Elementary?
Student demographics at Madison Elementary are roughly 4% White, 88% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Madison Elementary public or private?
Madison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sanger Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.