Oak Creek Intermediate

Set in Oakhurst, California, Oak Creek Intermediate is a minimally staffed junior high, overseen by Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary. It teaches 187 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Oak Creek Intermediate sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 793 students; Oak Creek Intermediate is among them.

Demographically, Oak Creek Intermediate shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 27% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Madera County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Oak Creek Intermediate has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Oak Creek Intermediate tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Oak Creek Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oak Creek Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 24.6%.

In the broader community, Madera County reports that median household income runs about $76,627, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Oak Creek Intermediate is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).

Oakhurst Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Oak Creek Intermediate. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Creek Intermediate ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 180 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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