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Liberty Charter

Public, Charter Grades K-8

5032^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 14% of California elementary schools

Summary

Liberty Charter is a K-8 school serving 704 students in Madera, California, operating within the Liberty Charter District, which faces significant challenges, while the school itself has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile statewide.

When compared to nearby schools in the Madera Unified district, such as Berenda Elementary and James Monroe Elementary, Liberty Charter's academic proficiency in English and Math is notably lower. However, the school has a clear strength in student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate less than half the state average and better than most surrounding schools, except for the nearby Sherman Thomas Charter.

A striking finding is that despite spending significantly more per student than neighboring schools, these resources have not translated to stronger academic results. The school shows relative effectiveness in supporting Special Education students and has shown modest recent improvement in its statewide ranking. Parents should note a concerning performance gap between male and female students, with female students ranking particularly low, suggesting their academic needs may not be fully met.

704

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

91.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

26247 Ellis St.
Madera, CA 93638-0813

(559) 675-2070

District: Liberty Charter District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.7%

White:

2.1%

Two or more races:

0.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 10th percentile in 2019 → 14th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 22 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

California avg41%

Elementary school

5,032^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 14%▲ up 4 pts since 2019

From bottom 10% (2019) to bottom 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

2,292^nd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 17%▲ up 1 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1422^nd of 1,543Liberty Charter District among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	5032 of 5857	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	5297 of 5869	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	5459 of 5859	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	5097 of 5883	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	5196 of 5789	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	34.7	2201 of 3162	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.0	2747 of 3245	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	2894 of 3311	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.9	2937 of 3275	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	5221 of 5597	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	5419 of 5612	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	5434 of 5609	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	4962 of 5635	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.2	4849 of 5492	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	4174 of 5107	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	4442 of 5107	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	4650 of 5087	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	4124 of 5084	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	4296 of 4963	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	4341 of 5460	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.4	4832 of 5517	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	4887 of 5363	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	4298 of 5264	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.6	4386 of 5173	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	4455 of 5628	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.8	4556 of 5643	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	5023 of 5638	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	4773 of 5663	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.3	4950 of 5510	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	1676 of 2847	41.1%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	2292 of 2761	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	2263 of 2783	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	2263 of 2781	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	2135 of 2740	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	2273 of 2715	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	27.9	1342 of 1478	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	1387 of 1521	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	28.3	1320 of 1540	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.4	1044 of 1442	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.5	2345 of 2533	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	2093 of 2551	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.8	2009 of 2531	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	2244 of 2509	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.9	1916 of 2380	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.6	1855 of 2395	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.6	1732 of 2388	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	1709 of 2374	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.9	1556 of 2359	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.4	1730 of 2213	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	1982 of 2542	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.5	1964 of 2579	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	1905 of 2531	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	1692 of 2458	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.5	1886 of 2369	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	1846 of 2534	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.2	1997 of 2552	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	2128 of 2538	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.9	1653 of 2527	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.7	2139 of 2407	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)41st percentile+27 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)30th percentile+21 vs school

Male (2025)21st percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)18th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile-7 vs school

Middle school

Male (2025)27th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile+5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)9th percentile-9 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy27%-22 vs state

Mathematics19%-19 vs state

Science14%-19 vs state

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Liberty Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	26247 Ellis St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Liberty Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-2070	704	29	24.2	91.1%	15 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	681 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	17.7	5032^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	14.1%		15.1	5297^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.7%	265																									13.3	14.1	13.7	31.9	29.5	18.1	15.7	35.1	32.1	26.7	34.7	25.6	12.1	9.6	18.9	13.0	18.6
Nishimoto Elementary	Public	K-6	26460 Martin St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 664-8110	704	36	19.4	93.8%	22 (3.1%)	5 (0.7%)	659 (93.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	25.4	4360^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.6%		27.8	4132^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	29.6%	228																									11.5		11.5	28.2	31.3	26.0	21.5			26.8	44.1	41.2	14.4	19.2			30.1		$23,340	$20,940	$2,400
Sherman Thomas Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	101 West Adell St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Sherman Thomas Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-1192	233	10	23.3	65.2%	51 (21.9%)	1 (0.4%)	179 (76.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	24.6	4448^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.1%		21.5	4725^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.5%	277																									25.9	11.1	18.5	35.0	20.8	33.3	20.0	19.2	30.8	26.6	30.0	33.3	14.8	20.0	3.9	7.4	17.4	91.3
James Monroe Elementary	Public	K-6	1819 North Lake St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-5679	624	30	20.7	97.1%	9 (1.4%)	5 (0.8%)	602 (96.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	31.1	3871^st of 5857 public elementary schools	33.9%		38.8	3247^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.7%	624																									22.0		22.0	25.5	30.2	37.4	42.7			33.9	38.5	29.2	26.6	23.3			29.5	98.0	$24,591	$22,036	$2,555
John J. Pershing Elementary	Public	K-6	1505 E. Ellis St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 664-9741	788	38	20.7	93.1%	21 (2.7%)	8 (1.0%)	730 (92.6%)	6 (0.8%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.4%)	32.1	3789^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.3%		31.5	3807^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.1%	18	10.3	15.4				12.8	30.8	18.0				24.4	10.3	41.0				25.6	5.1	12.8				9.0	21.8		21.8	28.1	34.1	35.1	44.3			34.8	34.7	24.6	26.0	34.7			30.1		$22,036	$19,616	$2,420
George Washington Elementary	Public	K-6	509 E. South St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-6705	578	29	19.9	97.9%	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	566 (97.9%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	18.2	4995^th of 5857 public elementary schools	14.7%		24.5	4418^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.7%	577	4.1	14.3				8.1	40.2	9.5				28.1	9.3	28.6				16.9	3.1	15.9				8.1	11.0		11.0	13.7	18.8	30.5	42.9			26.5	17.7	16.9	17.1	20.0			18.0		$21,345	$18,674	$2,671
Millview Elementary	Public	K-6	1609 Clinton St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-8509	594	30	19.8	98.5%	10 (1.7%)	9 (1.5%)	561 (94.4%)	3 (0.5%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	24.9	4411^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.7%		26.1	4277^th of 5869 public elementary schools	27.1%	134																									13.3		13.3	44.7	22.7	22.0	30.2			29.9	43.7	17.8	12.2	24.4			24.6		$24,062	$19,504	$4,558
John Adams Elementary	Public	K-6	1822 National Ave.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-4631	736	34	21.7	85.5%	78 (10.6%)	10 (1.4%)	604 (82.1%)	12 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (3.9%)	36.1	3479^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.6%		24.6	4400^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.0%	921																									19.8		19.8	49.5	20.2	33.7	40.5			36.4	46.7	28.6	25.7	30.3			32.8		$20,694	$18,248	$2,446
James Madison Elementary	Public	K-8	109 Stadium Rd.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-4630	739	36	20.4	85.5%	12 (1.6%)	3 (0.4%)	704 (95.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.3%)	21.8	4684^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.0%		21.8	4690^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.1%	6	6.0	12.4	5.3	6.7	3.5	6.7	34.5	14.8	26.6	18.0	15.1	21.9	9.5	22.2	6.4	9.0	15.1	12.2	6.0	9.9	4.3	6.7	3.5	6.0	16.1		16.1	18.8	25.9	31.1	42.1	31.4		30.0	22.6	24.7	12.8	23.6	16.5		19.9		$20,971	$18,638	$2,333
Berenda Elementary	Public	K-6	26820 Club Dr.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-3325	709	35	20.3	85.0%	44 (6.2%)	4 (0.6%)	621 (87.6%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.4%)	32.6	3763^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	35.8%		33	3687^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.2%	76																									17.2		17.2	35.0	31.3	41.0	43.3			37.5	29.7	20.2	28.3	35.6			28.2		$20,864	$18,322	$2,542

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How many students attend Liberty Charter?

In the 2024-25 school year, 704 students attended Liberty Charter.

Is Liberty Charter a good school?

Liberty Charter ranks in the bottom 14.1% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Liberty Charter?

Students at Liberty Charter are 97% Hispanic, 2% White.

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