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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	Distance	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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dairyland Elementary	0.0mi	Public	4-8	12861 Avenue 18 1/2	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-2394	216	10	20.8	58.3%	72 (33.3%)	1 (0.5%)	141 (65.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61.8	892^nd of 2740 public middle schools	67.4%		56.3	991^st of 2761 public middle schools	64.1%	99	29.3	39.7	35.4	59.0	53.7	60.7	43.6	50.0	52.7	56.4	36.6	39.3	43.6	44.8	44.4	$25,253	$21,008	$4,245
Wilson Middle	7.1mi	Public	7-8	1209 Robertson Blvd.	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Chowchilla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-8070	470	22	21.4	89.1%	99 (21.1%)	8 (1.7%)	345 (73.4%)	9 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	28	1910^th of 2740 public middle schools	30.3%		22.9	2112^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.5%	202		20.5	20.5				34.4	32.6	33.5				23.8	27.5	25.7	$43,685	$42,114	$1,571
Fairmead Elementary	7.7mi	Public	4-6	19421 Avenue 22 3/4	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Chowchilla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-8040	458	19	24.3	86.5%	85 (18.6%)	13 (2.8%)	339 (74.0%)	10 (2.2%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)								(n/a)	20.6		20.6	22.0	34.3	31.0			30.6	22.0	23.5	28.6			25.0	$18,411	$17,468	$943
Thomas Jefferson Middle	13.6mi	Public	7-8	1407 Sunset Ave.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 673-9286	948	50	18.9	87.7%	49 (5.2%)	11 (1.2%)	845 (89.1%)	17 (1.8%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.0%)	23.4	2068^th of 2740 public middle schools	24.5%		23	2102^nd of 2761 public middle schools	23.9%	34		20.3	20.3				40.7	33.3	37.1				15.3	13.5	14.4	$22,577	$19,906	$2,671
Sherman Thomas STEM Academy	13.7mi	Public, Charter	6-8	101 West Adell St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Sherman Thomas STEM Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 871-5490	75	3	27.2	36.0%	19 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (66.7%)	4 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	94.1	165^th of 2740 public middle schools	94.0%		96.7	96^th of 2761 public middle schools	96.5%	69		70.8	70.8			66.7	84.6	75.0	75.7			66.7	69.2	70.8	68.9
Jack G. Desmond Middle	13.7mi	Public	7-8	26490 Martin St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-1775	838	45	18.4	93.6%	21 (2.5%)	6 (0.7%)	803 (95.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	16.7	2360^th of 2740 public middle schools	13.9%		22.5	2133^rd of 2761 public middle schools	22.7%	227		15.9	15.9				28.2	28.1	28.1				17.7	11.5	14.3	$25,336	$22,538	$2,798
Firebaugh Middle	13.8mi	Public	6-8	1600 16th St.	Firebaugh	93622	Fresno County	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 659-1481	503	27	18.7	85.9%	11 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	489 (97.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12.4	2517^th of 2740 public middle schools	8.1%		20	2220^th of 2761 public middle schools	19.6%	297		17.5	17.5			17.5	22.0	23.8	21.0			9.9	14.1	10.0	11.3	$22,932	$21,462	$1,470
Martin Luther King Junior Middle	15.2mi	Public	7-8	601 Lilly St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-4681	865	49	17.6	96.9%	16 (1.8%)	7 (0.8%)	829 (95.8%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	10.8	2568^th of 2740 public middle schools	6.3%		13.6	2492^nd of 2761 public middle schools	9.7%	76		15.2	15.2				14.4	19.7	16.9				10.0	11.6	10.8	$24,395	$21,500	$2,895
Bryant Middle	16.7mi	Public	6-8	16695 North Bryant Rd.	Dos Palos	93620	Merced County	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 392-0240	487	22	21.8	87.9%	56 (11.5%)	7 (1.4%)	416 (85.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	9.5	2612^th of 2740 public middle schools	4.7%		9.8	2621^st of 2761 public middle schools	5.1%	9		10.7	10.7			19.1	20.1	19.5	19.5			9.3	7.8	8.7	8.7	$22,665	$19,892	$2,773
Cesar E. Chavez Middle	18.4mi	Public	6-8	161 South Plainsburg Rd.	Planada	95365	Merced County	Planada Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 382-0768	305	17	17.4	89.8%	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	299 (98.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47	1277^th of 2740 public middle schools	53.4%		42.4	1416^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.7%	139		33.7	33.7			37.9	46.9	53.0	46.3			23.9	31.3	37.6	31.2	$22,091	$944	$21,147

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