Sierra Vista Elementary

Sierra Vista Elementary operates as a well-populated elementary school in Madera, California, overseen by Madera Unified. Current enrollment sits at 740 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 59% above the state mean of about 465.

Madera Unified comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 19,922 students; Sierra Vista Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sierra Vista Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The wider county runs roughly 61% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 98% of students at Sierra Vista Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Madera County's rate of about 81%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sierra Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.3%; this one delivers 13.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Madera County indicate median household income runs about $76,627, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Madera County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), of which Sierra Vista Elementary is one.

Madera County Independent Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sierra Vista Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

Sierra Vista Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sierra Vista Elementary's enrollment has increased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 580 (now 740). Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Sierra Vista Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.