Sherman Thomas Charter High

Sherman Thomas Charter High is one of the public schools in Madera, California. It is a small high school. The school's enrollment of 69 students covers grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 92% lower than the average for high schools in California, which is about 838.

Sherman Thomas Charter High falls under Sherman Thomas Charter High District.

Hispanic students are the majority at Sherman Thomas Charter High, with 72% of enrollment. It is also 22% White and 3% Black. Madera County's residents are about 61% Hispanic, 12 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Staffing totals 4.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. That is lower than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 62%. Among public schools in Madera County, the average eligibility rate is 81%.

Census Bureau estimates for Madera County show that the median household income is $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Sherman Thomas Charter High is one of 81 public schools in the county.

Sherman Thomas Charter is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sherman Thomas Charter High.

Sherman Thomas Charter High has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small. Sherman Thomas Charter High operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 11 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.0 to 14.1 over 4 years.

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