Stone Creek Elementary

Stone Creek Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Madera, California, overseen by Golden Valley Unified, serves 672 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 45% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 9 schools in Golden Valley Unified (2,997 students total), Stone Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Stone Creek Elementary lists that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 34% White, 12% Asian, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 61% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Stone Creek Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Madera County (around 81%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Stone Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.3%; this one delivers 58.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Madera County) logs 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%. Stone Creek Elementary is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).

Valley Children's Hospital is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stone Creek Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.6%.

Stone Creek Elementary operates from a low-density location.

On the community side, the feed for Stone Creek Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.