Summary:
ZIP code 93637 has four high schools: Madera High and Madera South High serve grades 9–12, while Ripperdan Community Day and Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary) serve grades 7–12. The two larger schools enroll about 1,900 students each; the other schools enroll 49 and 29. In 2025–2026, the larger schools’ all-grades proficiency was stronger in ELA than math, and both were below the state in math; overall, math is the clearest shared academic concern.
Madera High leads the reported all-grades results, with 60% proficient in ELA, 22% in math, and 32% in science. Madera South is close in ELA at 57% but trails by 12 percentage points in math and 5 points in science. Against statewide results, Madera High is 10 points higher in ELA but 17 points lower in math; Madera South is 8 points higher in ELA and 29 points lower in math. Ripperdan reports 0% proficient in all three subjects, while Juvenile Hall reports 8% in ELA and 0% in math, with no science score available. Graduation is a strength at the larger schools—98% at Madera High and 97% at Madera South, compared with 88% statewide—while Juvenile Hall reports 33% graduation and 53% dropout.
Results improved most notably at Madera South: its ELA proficiency rose 13 percentage points and science rose 9 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while math changed by less than 1 point. Madera High improved in all three subjects, including a 6-point science gain. SchoolDigger ranks Madera High 939th of 2,137 schools with 3 stars, and Madera South 1,210th with 2 stars. Their enrollments are similar, but chronic absenteeism is lower at Madera High (22%) than Madera South (30%); both exceed the statewide 18%. As context, their 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 82% and 95%, respectively. All-grades comparisons combine different grade spans, and the two smallest schools’ percentages reflect very small enrollments.
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