Madrone Trail Public Charter School

Madrone Trail Public Charter School is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Central Point, Oregon, part of Medford SD 549C, works with 249 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

Within Medford SD 549C, which oversees 25 schools and 13,735 students, Madrone Trail Public Charter School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Madrone Trail Public Charter School shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Jackson County's rate of about 84%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Madrone Trail Public Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,999, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Jackson County's 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), Madrone Trail Public Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jacksonville Elementary School, around 2.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Madrone Trail Public Charter School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. Madrone Trail Public Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madrone Trail Public Charter School has edged up 6%, going from 234 students in 2018 to 249 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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