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Virginia Lee Rose Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4663^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of California elementary schools

Summary

Virginia Lee Rose Elementary is a public K-6 school serving 714 students in the Madera Unified School District, consistently ranking in the lower quartile of California elementary schools and serving a student population where nearly all qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English, math, and science are below both district and state averages. While it performs better than the lowest-achieving nearby school, Sierra Vista Elementary, it lags behind others like John Adams Elementary and James Monroe Elementary. A significant concern is the school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 24.9%, which is above average and double the rate of some district peers such as James Madison Elementary. The school shows a notable strength in supporting English Learners but has experienced a dramatic recent decline in serving students with special education needs.

Virginia Lee Rose operates with the highest student-teacher ratio (22.6 to 1) among comparable schools in the district, a factor that may impact classroom support. Performance varies significantly among schools with similar economic challenges, indicating that school-level practices matter. For instance, while spending per student is mid-range, schools like Alpha Elementary achieve better results with similar resources. Key areas for potential improvement include addressing upper-grade math instruction, reducing chronic absenteeism, and evaluating the support for special education students.

714

Students ?

22.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,592

Per pupil spending ?

96.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1001 Lilly St.
Madera, CA 93638

(559) 662-2662

District: Madera Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.9%

Two or more races:

1.8%

African American:

1.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 24th percentile in 2019 → 20th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!Science scores 18 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg25%

California avg41%

4,663^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▼ down 3 pts since 2019

From bottom 24% (2019) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 18Elementary Schools in the Madera Unified

1269^th of 1,543Madera Unified 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	4663 of 5857	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.6	4618 of 5869	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	4386 of 5859	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	4429 of 5883	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	4427 of 5789	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.8	1809 of 2227	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	43.4	1590 of 3162	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.4	1323 of 3245	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.8	1548 of 3311	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	34.5	2162 of 3275	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.7	2140 of 3246	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.6	4475 of 5597	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.1	4600 of 5612	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.3	4392 of 5609	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	4047 of 5635	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	4104 of 5492	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	4198 of 5413	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.2	3674 of 5107	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.6	3615 of 5107	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.6	3343 of 5087	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.6	3480 of 5084	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.5	3353 of 4963	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.8	3634 of 4830	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.5	3864 of 5460	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.9	3971 of 5517	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.5	3599 of 5363	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.1	3502 of 5264	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.2	3624 of 5173	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.4	3739 of 5084	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.6	4501 of 5628	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.3	4247 of 5643	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.2	4014 of 5638	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	4405 of 5663	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	4372 of 5510	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.5	4524 of 5431	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	50.0	35 of 68	48.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	2621 of 2847	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.4	1737 of 2635	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)50th percentile+28 vs school

Migrant (2023)49th percentile+23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)28th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)20th percentile~ school

Male (2025)20th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)19th percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2025)8th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-17 vs state

Mathematics20%-17 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

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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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Virginia Lee Rose Elementary	Public	K-6	1001 Lilly St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 662-2662	714	32	22.6	96.8%	6 (0.8%)	8 (1.1%)	685 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	22.1	4663^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	20.4%		22.6	4618^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.3%	45																									14.7	14.7	31.7	37.8	26.8	30.9		31.5	26.3	26.4	11.6	19.1		20.4						$21,592	$19,088	$2,504
Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	917 E. Olive Ave.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-8579	740	38	19.5	97.7%	7 (0.9%)	10 (1.4%)	703 (95.0%)	6 (0.8%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	11.9	5515^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.8%		10.7	5653^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	3.7%	138																									13.5	13.5	14.9	20.2	22.2	26.4		20.5	18.3	9.7	5.9	15.9		12.5						$21,914	$19,500	$2,414
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
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
Parkwood Elementary	Public	K-6	1150 E. Pecan Ave.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 673-2500	635	32	19.9	96.5%	31 (4.9%)	10 (1.6%)	576 (90.7%)	12 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	32.6	3754^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.9%		28.8	4040^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.2%	286																									27.2	27.2	32.3	28.1	38.0	40.5		34.6	41.9	25.3	20.9	29.1		29.4						$21,651	$19,166	$2,485
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
Alpha Elementary	Public	K-6	900 Stadium Rd.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 661-4101	735	35	20.8	92.1%	18 (2.4%)	13 (1.8%)	659 (89.7%)	12 (1.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.9%)	27	4221^st of 5857 public elementary schools	27.9%		28.5	4065^th of 5869 public elementary schools	30.7%	156																									18.9	18.9	36.8	38.4	38.7	30.1		36.0	36.8	20.0	17.1	13.6		21.9	95.0	98.3	98.3	96.7	98.3	$20,858	$18,338	$2,520
Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	2600 East Pecan	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 664-9701	659	33	20.1	93.3%	6 (0.9%)	5 (0.8%)	607 (92.1%)	26 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.1%)	17.6	5048^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.8%		21.8	4695^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.0%	353																									14.7	14.7	34.8	29.6	20.0	13.8		24.5	27.2	22.0	17.0	7.4		18.4	98.3	98.3				$24,437	$22,056	$2,381
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Virginia Lee Rose Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Virginia Lee Rose Elementary?

Students at Virginia Lee Rose Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

How many students attend Virginia Lee Rose Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 714 students attended Virginia Lee Rose Elementary.

Is Virginia Lee Rose Elementary a good school?

Virginia Lee Rose Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.4% of California elementary schools.

What district is Virginia Lee Rose Elementary in?

Madera Unified

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