Regular local school district · Madera County
Golden Valley Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Golden Valley Unified runs 10 public schools with 2,997 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 22.0 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 2,997
- Teachers (FTE)
- 136
- Students per teacher
- 22.0
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 37479 Avenue 12, Madera, CA 93636
- Phone
- (559)645-3570
- County
- Madera County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0600068
- State district ID
- CA-2075580
- Total staff (FTE)
- 293
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 999 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district22.0
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,089), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $33.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $15.3 million
- Local revenue
- $15.8 million
- Total spending
- $55.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $26,630
- Salaries
- $13.9 million25.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $97.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.8%
- State: 45.9%
- Local: 47.3%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$26,630
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Golden Valley Unified
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Centennial Independent Study | Other | 1 to 12 | 25 | 25.0 |
| Freedom Home | Other | K to 12 | 53 | 53.0 |
| Independence Continuation HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 45 | 15.0 |
| Liberty HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 748 | 20.8 |
| Lincoln Community Day | High | 7 to 12 | 0 | |
| Ranchos MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 452 | 23.8 |
| Sierra View ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 365 | 24.3 |
| Stone Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 672 | 24.9 |
| Valley Children's Hospital | Other | K to 12 | 3 | |
| Webster ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 634 | 21.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Madera County
- Madera Unified 19,935 students
- Chowchilla Elementary School District 2,143 students
- Chawanakee Unified 1,409 students
- Yosemite Unified 1,387 students
- Chowchilla Union High 1,093 students
- Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary 794 students
- Liberty Charter District 704 students
- Madera County Superintendent of Schools 648 students
- Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary 399 students
- Sherman Thomas Charter District 233 students
- Mountain Home Charter (Alternative) District 213 students
- Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary 88 students
- Glacier High School Charter District 82 students
- Sherman Thomas STEM Academy District 75 students
- Sherman Thomas Charter High District 69 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.