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Does Virginia Lee Rose Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADERA UNIFIED·NCES 062334014058
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary
1001 Lilly St., Madera, CA 93638 · (559) 662-2662 · Madera County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
22.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
691 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 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
8%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
31.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.7pp since 2017
Math
20.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.0pp since 2017
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 5 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.8% | 23.7% | 23.2% | 45.3% |
| Math | 6.5% | 13.8% | 26.0% | 53.6% |
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 | 31.5% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 23.3% |
| 2022-23 | 28.4% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 25.8% | 21.4% |
| 2018-19 | 33.3% | 28.0% |
| 2017-18 | 26.8% | 27.4% |
% 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Virginia Lee Rose Elementary
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Lee Rose Elementary this school | 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% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Arvin | 690 | 96.2% | 22.7% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Madera | 740 | 97.7% | 14.9% |
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 Virginia Lee Rose Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #3,998 of 5,151 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #4,267 of 5,172 ▼ 453 | #23 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #3,827 of 5,172 ▲ 362 | #21 of 30 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,538 of 5,116 | #16 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #690 of 5,915 | #7 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,695 of 5,352 | #25 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #5,055 of 5,354 | #31 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #225 of 5,625 | #5 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #3,302 of 3,837 | #20 of 22 |
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
714
-40 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 714 | 31.6 | 22.6:1 | 97% (691) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 30 | 23.5:1 | 97% (684) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 31.5 | 23.5:1 | 97% (721) |
| 2020-21 | 754 | 33 | 22.9:1 | 96% (721) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 30 | 25.1:1 | 96% (723) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virginia Lee Rose Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (753 to 714); teachers up 5% (30 to 31.6).
About Virginia Lee Rose Elementary
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Madera, California. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 714 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 54% higher.
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary is part of a district of 28 schools: Madera Unified, with 19,922 students.
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary is 96% Hispanic by enrollment. In Madera County overall, about 61% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 8%.
The school has 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.6 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school reported 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Madera County is 81%.
Among California public elementary schools, Virginia Lee Rose Elementary outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 22.8% for a school in California with Virginia Lee Rose Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Virginia Lee Rose Elementary posts 25.7%.
In the wider Madera County area, median household income comes to about $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madera County counts 81 public schools with about 32,251 students.
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, its nearest public school. Virginia Lee Rose Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Virginia Lee Rose Elementary's average proficiency of 25.7% compares with 19.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 754 to 714.
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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
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.4 mi · 865
- Madera County Independent Academy0.4 mi · 61
- Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary)0.5 mi · 29
- Pioneer Technical Center0.5 mi · 207
- Sierra Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 740
- Millview Elementary0.9 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About Virginia Lee Rose ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Virginia Lee Rose Elementary?
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary enrolls approximately 714 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Virginia Lee Rose Elementary serve?
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Virginia Lee Rose Elementary?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Virginia Lee Rose Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Virginia Lee Rose Elementary?
At Virginia Lee Rose Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Virginia Lee Rose Elementary public or private?
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madera Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.