Ripperdan Community Day

Ripperdan Community Day operates as an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Madera, California, run under Madera Unified. Current enrollment sits at 49 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Ripperdan Community Day sits 94% smaller than that benchmark.

Ripperdan Community Day is one of 28 schools operated by Madera Unified, a district that caters to 19,922 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ripperdan Community Day logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). The remainder breaks down as 8% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Madera County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Ripperdan Community Day reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Ripperdan Community Day tighter than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Madera County (around 81%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Madera County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,627 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Ripperdan Community Day is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).

La Vina Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Ripperdan Community Day operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ripperdan Community Day has grew 7%, going from 46 students in 2018 to 49 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 93% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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