Madera County Independent Academy
Madera · CA · Madera County Superintendent of Schools · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Mountain Vista High → Madera High → Madera South High → Madera Unified Adult Transition Program → Sherman Thomas Charter High → Matilda Torres High → Ripperdan Community Day → Liberty High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Madera County Independent Academy compares for families
What families should know about Madera County Independent Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mountain Vista High, Madera High, Madera South High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 61 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Vista High Madera |
Public | 1.4 | 162 | +2.5% |
| Madera High Madera |
Public | 1.5 | 1,869 | -3.6% |
| Madera South High Madera |
Public | 1.8 | 1,859 | -22.0% |
| Madera Unified Adult Transition Program Madera |
Public | 2.0 | 15 | — |
| Sherman Thomas Charter High Madera |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 69 | -14.8% |
| Matilda Torres High Madera |
Public | 3.3 | 2,017 | +33.6% |
| Ripperdan Community Day Madera |
Public | 7.3 | 40 | — |
| Liberty High Madera |
Public | 8.0 | 748 | +24.9% |