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How has Sierra Vista Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
740
Elementary
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADERA UNIFIED·NCES 062334003553
Sierra Vista Elementary
917 E. Olive Ave., Madera, CA 93638 · (559) 674-8579 · Madera County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL740 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
723 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
20.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
12.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 4 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 | 3.7% | 16.8% | 25.3% | 54.2% |
| Math | 2.0% | 10.6% | 25.3% | 62.2% |
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 | 20.5% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 11.1% |
| 2022-23 | 15.9% | 13.2% |
| 2021-22 | 15.4% | 8.8% |
| 2018-19 | 26.6% | 20.6% |
| 2017-18 | 24.1% | 20.6% |
| 2016-17 | 25.8% | 20.1% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Sierra Vista Elementary
Sierra Vista Elementary's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista Elementary this school | 740 | 97.7% | 14.9% |
| Virginia Lee Rose Elementary Madera | 714 | 96.8% | 25.7% |
| Ford Boulevard Elementary Los Angeles | 722 | 96.1% | 40.5% |
| Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter Los Angeles | 697 | 96.6% | N/A |
| Columbia Elementary Perris | 704 | 95.9% | 21.3% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary Oxnard | 754 | 98.0% | 21.5% |
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 Sierra Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #4,938 of 5,151 | #30 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #4,918 of 5,172 ▲ 53 | #30 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #4,807 of 5,172 ▲ 189 | #29 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,842 of 5,116 | #12 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 740 | #577 of 5,915 | #3 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #736 of 5,352 | #10 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.7% | #4,945 of 5,354 | #28 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #125 of 5,625 | #3 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.6% | #149 of 1,139 | #1 of 6 |
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
740
+75 (+11%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 740 | 37.9 | 19.5:1 | 98% (723) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 30 | 24.6:1 | 98% (727) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 35.2 | 19.9:1 | 95% (663) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 32 | 20.8:1 | 98% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 25 | 23.2:1 | 98% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 809 | 31 | 26.1:1 | 97% (787) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | N/A | N/A | 98% (711) |
| 2000-01 | 915 | 39 | 23.5:1 | 98% (894) |
| 1990-91 | 872 | 32 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (580 to 740); teachers up 52% (25 to 37.9).
About Sierra Vista Elementary
Sierra Vista Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Madera, California, one of the schools in Madera Unified. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 740 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Madera Unified runs 28 schools with a combined 19,922 students. Sierra Vista Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students are 95% of those enrolled at Sierra Vista Elementary. In Madera County overall, about 61% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
With 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.5:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Sierra Vista Elementary, 98% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Madera County, the average is 81%.
Sierra Vista Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Sierra Vista Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 22.3%. Sierra Vista Elementary scores 14.9%, 7.3 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Madera County show that the median household earns about $76,627 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Madera County, 81 public schools serve about 32,251 students.
Madera County Independent Academy is the nearest public school to Sierra Vista Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Sierra Vista Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Sierra Vista Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Sierra Vista Elementary is Suburb: Small.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 740, up from 665 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 20.8 in 2020-21 to 19.5 in 2024-25.
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Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madera Unified
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
Other schools in Madera
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
Other Sierra Vista Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sierra Vista Elementary. Sierra Vista Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 12.
- Sierra Vista ElementaryPerris, CA · 867 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryArvin, CA · 690 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryLa Habra, CA · 467 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryClovis, CA · 465 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryPlacentia, CA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Madera County Independent Academy0.5 mi · 61
- Virginia Lee Rose Elementary0.5 mi · 714
- Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary)0.6 mi · 29
- Pioneer Technical Center0.7 mi · 207
- Gould Educational Center0.7 mi · 351
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.7 mi · 865
Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Vista ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sierra Vista Elementary?
Sierra Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 740 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sierra Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sierra Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Sierra Vista Elementary?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Sierra Vista Elementary.
How diverse is Sierra Vista Elementary?
Sierra Vista Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sierra Vista Elementary in?
Sierra Vista Elementary is part of Madera Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.