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Madera County Independent Academy

Madera · Madera County · Madera County Superintendent of Schools · Public

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At a glance

Academic signals

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.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: 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.

Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

88.5%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Madera County Independent Academy has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 52 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

52:1

1.0 FTE counselors · 52 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 285 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Fewer than 1 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

2017-18 cohort

In context: CA median 50.6% · -50.6 pp vs. median · Madera Co. 36.7%.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

35% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~21%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

34.9%

29 of 83 students

Absenteeism is down 40.0 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Madera County median

29.1% · school is worse than 77% of 13 HS

Statewide median

20.9%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment

292 (2018) → 52 (2026)

-82.2%

If this trend holds (-10.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~47	-5	$0
3 yr (2029)	~37	-15	$0
5 yr (2031)	~30	-22	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Madera County Independent Academy really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Independence Continuation High · Sherman Thomas Charter · Enterprise High · Gateway High (continuation) · Mountain Vista High · Elm High · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Madera County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

50% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Stability rate

50.5%

46 of 91 students

45 of 91 students who enrolled at Madera County Independent Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (49.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Madera County median

87.1% · school is in the 0th percentile of 13 HS

Statewide median

88.7% · in the 11th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (84) 48.8%

Hispanic / Latino (80) 50.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Independence Continuation High 40.0% Sherman Thomas Charter 75.6% Enterprise High 45.3% Gateway High (continuation) 52.3% Mountain Vista High 57.1%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Madera County Superintendent of Schools (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$67.1M

+21.5% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$91,407

734 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 44.0%
Local: 33.7%
Federal: 22.3%

Instruction share

40.0%

of current spending · $22,354/pupil

Long-term debt

$20.0M

+24.9% since FY2017

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Madera County Superintendent of Schools as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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