Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Madera High School
Public · Madera · Madera County · 1,923 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
15%
Higher than 40% of California high schools
+3.5 pp above peer median (11.4%)
· Ranked #2 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 10.7%
2025 · 14.9%
-20%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
-26.6 pp
vs. Madera County baseline (+7%)
~1863
5-yr projected enrollment (60 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Madera High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 11): 15% vs. a peer median of 11%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 5 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Madera High School is admitting at roughly +12 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.744) alone would predict (32% actual vs. 20% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 20% (483→388 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -0%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1863 by 2029 — about 60 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera South High School | Public | 14.0% | -31% |
| Matilda Torres High School | Public | 17.0% | +34% |
| Justin Garza High School | Public | 11.0% | -6% |
| Central East High School | Public | 7.5% | -53% |
| Herbert Hoover High School | Public | 5.1% | +24% |
| Fresno High School | Public | 11.1% | -19% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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