Valley Children's Hospital

Valley Children's Hospital is an all-grades campus of one-room-style scale in Madera, California, run under Golden Valley Unified, caters to 3 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 100% smaller than the state mean of about 602.

Valley Children's Hospital is one of 9 schools operated by Golden Valley Unified, a district that hosts 2,997 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Valley Children's Hospital records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Madera County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, census data for Madera County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,627 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madera County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), of which Valley Children's Hospital is one.

The closest other public school is Valley Oak Elementary, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Valley Children's Hospital operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 62%: 8 students in 2018 compared to 3 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 100% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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