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Best High Schools in Madera County, CA

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At a glance

Schools

9,100

Students

Districts

Top rankedLiberty High580^th of 2,137 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Gateway High (Continuation) up 282 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mountain Vista High 12.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Independence Continuation High	Public	9-12	12150 Road 36	Madera	93636	Madera County	Golden Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 645-3580	45	4	11.7	88.9%	10 (22.2%)	1 (2.2%)	31 (68.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.8	1506^th of 2137 public high schools	29.5%		25.4	1584^th of 2162 public high schools	26.7%	78			25.0		25.0			37.5	37.5			6.3	6.3	$14,707	$12,842	$1,865
Liberty High	Public	9-12	12220 Road 36	Madera	93636	Madera County	Golden Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 645-3500	748	37	20.3	34.5%	308 (41.2%)	10 (1.3%)	367 (49.1%)	45 (6.0%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.6%)	71.7	580^th of 2137 public high schools	72.9%		65.2	687^th of 2162 public high schools	68.2%	107			39.9		39.6			71.5	71.5			33.8	33.8	$2,970	$2,134	$836
Lincoln Community Day	Public	7-12	12150 Road 36	Madera	93636	Madera County	Golden Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 645-3580	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Mountain Oaks High	Public	9-12	33030 Road 228	North Fork	93643	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 877-4440	13	3	4.4	84.6%	6 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (23.1%)	1 (7.7%)	2 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)								(n/a)														$63,293	$56,884	$6,409
Cedar Continuation High	Public	9-12	45077 Road 200	O Neals	93645	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 868-4200	10	1	10.2	70.0%	5 (50.0%)	1 (10.0%)	3 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$36,395	$35,734	$661
Minarets High	Public	9-12	45077 Road 200	O Neals	93645	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 868-8689	265	16	16.3	50.9%	150 (56.6%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (24.5%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.2%)	57.1	877^th of 2137 public high schools	59.0%		54.7	936^th of 2162 public high schools	56.7%	59		41.5	54.6		41.8			64.7	64.7			10.3	10.3	$28,068	$27,192	$876
Minarets Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	45077 Road 220	O Neals	93645	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 868-8689	165	7	23.7	53.3%	87 (52.7%)	1 (0.6%)	50 (30.3%)	5 (3.0%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.7%)	65.9	694^th of 2137 public high schools	67.5%		60.4	811^th of 2162 public high schools	62.5%	117		38.9			39.0			80.0	80.0			20.0	20.0	$25,116	$25,116	$00
Yosemite High	Public	9-12	50200 Road 427	Oakhurst	93644	Madera County	Yosemite Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 683-4667	542	27	20.0	65.9%	315 (58.1%)	3 (0.6%)	162 (29.9%)	11 (2.0%)	17 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.9%)	43.6	1185^th of 2137 public high schools	44.5%		40	1259^th of 2162 public high schools	41.8%	74		20.0			19.2			52.4	52.4			21.4	21.4	$19,094	$18,664	$430
Ahwahnee High	Public	9-12	50407 Hangtree Ln.	Oakhurst	93644	Madera County	Yosemite Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 683-4667	35	2	17.9	71.4%	14 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (45.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.4	1874^th of 2137 public high schools	12.3%		7.1	2143^rd of 2162 public high schools	0.9%	269								20.0	20.0			0.0	0.0	$13,062	$11,352	$1,710
Raymond Granite High	Public	9-12	38828 Road 600	Raymond	93644	Madera County	Yosemite Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 683-8801	4	1	3.7	—	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$13,062	$11,352	$1,710
Evergreen High	Public	9-12	50200 Road 427	Oakhurst	93644	Madera County	Yosemite Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 683-4667	46	2	22.3	76.1%	27 (58.7%)	2 (4.3%)	14 (30.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	8.6	2024^th of 2137 public high schools	5.3%		32.5	1437^th of 2162 public high schools	33.5%	587		0.0			0.0			16.7	16.7			0.0	0.0	$13,062	$11,352	$1,710
Campbell High Community Day	Public	9-12	39890 Road 428	Oakhurst	93644	Madera County	Yosemite Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 683-4667	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Glacier High School Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	41267 Highway 41	Oakhurst	93644	Madera County	Glacier High School Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 642-1422	82	6	13.5	48.8%	60 (73.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.0%)	2 (2.4%)	3 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.8%)								(n/a)
Sherman Thomas Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	26303 Adell St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Sherman Thomas Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-6626	69	5	14.1	62.3%	15 (21.7%)	2 (2.9%)	50 (72.5%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)								(n/a)
Chowchilla Union High	Public	9-12	805 Humboldt Ave.	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Chowchilla Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-1331	1,017	48	21.0	81.1%	242 (23.8%)	16 (1.6%)	701 (68.9%)	28 (2.8%)	12 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.6%)	31.9	1452^nd of 2137 public high schools	32.1%		36.3	1349^th of 2162 public high schools	37.6%	103		16.7	0.0		16.3			43.7	43.7			15.0	15.0	$34,289	$33,170	$1,119
Gateway High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	805 Humboldt Ave.	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Chowchilla Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-1331	74	3	24.0	91.9%	10 (13.5%)	3 (4.1%)	60 (81.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	11.7	1858^th of 2137 public high schools	13.1%		7.3	2140^th of 2162 public high schools	1.0%	282					6.3			20.8	20.8			0.0	0.0	$12,945	$12,050	$895
Madera High	Public	9-12	200 South L St.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-4444	1,869	91	20.5	81.8%	136 (7.3%)	25 (1.3%)	1,625 (86.9%)	42 (2.2%)	8 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (1.7%)	54.2	939^th of 2137 public high schools	56.1%		51.6	1001^st of 2162 public high schools	53.7%	62			32.7		32.4			59.6	59.6			21.8	21.8	$26,768	$24,158	$2,610
Madera South High	Public	9-12	755 W. Pecan Ave.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-4450	1,859	93	20.0	95.2%	33 (1.8%)	40 (2.2%)	1,749 (94.1%)	21 (1.1%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (0.5%)	42.4	1210^th of 2137 public high schools	43.4%		32.9	1427^th of 2162 public high schools	34.0%	217			27.4		27.0			57.4	57.4			9.6	9.6	$29,312	$26,672	$2,640
Mountain Vista High	Public	10-12	1901 Clinton Ave.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-4580	162	13	12.4	96.3%	5 (3.1%)	4 (2.5%)	149 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	9.8	1961^st of 2137 public high schools	8.2%		12.5	1895^th of 2162 public high schools	12.3%	66			6.9		6.7			12.5	12.5			1.3	1.3	$45,746	$42,040	$3,706
Ripperdan Community Day	Public	7-12	26133 Ave. 7	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-0059	49	7	6.8	98.0%	2 (4.1%)	4 (8.2%)	42 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)								(n/a)					0.0				0.0				0.0	$83,400	$67,612	$15,788
Matilda Torres High	Public	9-12	16645 Road 26	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 416-5909	2,017	98	20.4	89.9%	95 (4.7%)	14 (0.7%)	1,856 (92.0%)	21 (1.0%)	6 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (1.0%)	51.7	1002^nd of 2137 public high schools	53.1%		46.2	1112^th of 2162 public high schools	48.6%	110			38.0	26.3	37.5			55.8	55.8			15.1	15.1	$25,132	$22,658	$2,474
Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary)	Public	7-12	28261 Avenue 14	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-7900	29	4	6.8	89.7%	3 (10.3%)	2 (6.9%)	22 (75.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.4%)								(n/a)									8.3				0.0	$68,071	$61,104	$6,967
Enterprise Secondary	Public	6-12	1665 East Olive Ave.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 662-4856	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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