Summary:
Zip code 93637 contains one middle school, Thomas Jefferson Middle, serving grades 7-8 in Madera, California, as part of the Madera Unified School District.
Thomas Jefferson Middle is a large school with 948 students and faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom quarter of all California middle schools. While the school's performance in English Language Arts is slightly better than the district average, its mathematics and science proficiency rates are very low, at 12.87% and 15.52% respectively, which is well below state averages. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.1%, which is above the state average and likely impacts student learning.
Despite spending a substantial $19,328 per student, the school serves a community with high economic need, with nearly 88% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The district itself is low-performing overall, ranking in the 18th percentile statewide. For parents, this indicates a school environment with considerable hurdles, particularly in math and science instruction, though it performs relatively better in reading within its district context.
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