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Ranchos Middle, Madera, CA

CEP schoolRanchos Middle is a public middle school in Madera, part of Golden Valley Unified. It enrolled 452 students in 2024-25, with 23.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
452
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
23.8
Grades
7 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.8 higher than the district figure of 22.0. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.8
District22.0
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
12455 Road 35 1/2, Madera, CA 93636
Phone
(559)645-3550
District
Golden Valley Unified
County
Madera County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
060006810543
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
146
Reduced-price lunch
20
Free or reduced-price lunch
16636.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
112Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Middle schools elsewhere in Madera

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.