Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School: Full Guide

Location: Madera, CA

Are you a student or parent at Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School? Want to understand how to get the most out of high school?

We've written the best guide to Valley Children's Hospital School available. Here we'll cover:

Breakdowns of student ethnicity, gender, and family income
How safe Valley Children's Hospital School is to attend
SAT/ACT/AP scores earned by Valley Children's Hospital School students
Which AP/IB classes you can take at Valley Children's Hospital School
Every sports team you can join at Valley Children's Hospital School

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Basic Information

Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School is a public school, supporting grades 0 to 12 . It's located in Madera, CA in Madera County.

Based on its location, Valley Children's Hospital School is classified as a school in a rural fringe area, near an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School
12220 Rd. 36
Madera, CA 93636-8761

Phone number: 5596453580

Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School homepage: https://www.valleychildrens.org/

Principal: Kulkeet Mann
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School is 7 students, making it a very small high school, in the bottom 10% of all California high schools by size.

Attending Valley Children's Hospital School will feel very cozy, and you'll likely know everyone in your school. This will be a very intimate learning environment.

Unfortunately, with a tiny class size, you may lack a large diversity of activities and classes to join. If you feel your interests aren't well catered by Valley Children's Hospital School, you might consider independent learning or looking at nearby, larger high schools.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at Valley Children's Hospital School has stayed about the same over the past few years. We calculate this by comparing enrollment in grades 9 to 12.

	Male Students	Female Students	All Students
9^th grade	1	0	1
10^th grade	0	1	1
11^th grade	1	0	1
12^th grade	1	0	1

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School?

From our statistics, Valley Children's Hospital School has a 75:25 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

There is a large male majority at Valley Children's Hospital School, and much more than you would expect from the general population in Madera County. As a result, it'll feel like there are a lot more girls than boys in your classes.

Sometimes this imbalance can result from random chance and may not suggest anything about Valley Children's Hospital School. In other cases, the school might preferentially select for males. For example, in our data we find that continuation high schools unfortunately seem to be male-dominated. In yet other cases, other neighboring schools might attract female students, drawing them away from Valley Children's Hospital School.

If the male majority is concerning to you, we suggest contacting Valley Children's Hospital School administration and asking if they have any thoughts about why there's a gender imbalance. Their phone number is 5596453580.

Ethnicity Breakdown

What's the racial diversity at Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School? Does one ethnicity make up most of the student body, or is it fairly balanced?

From our statistics, Valley Children's Hospital School has a homogenous student body, with the overwhelming majority of students identifying as one ethnicity. Only a third of California schools show as little diversity as Valley Children's Hospital School does. When attending class, most students will be of the same ethnicity, with some variation.

The majority of students at Valley Children's Hospital School are Hispanic. In California, Hispanic students make up the majority of all students at 51.5%, and are thus the most common ethnicity. Predominantly Hispanic schools are the most common type of homogenous school, and Valley Children's Hospital School fits within this category.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.0%	0
Asian	0.0%	0
Hispanic	71.4%	5
Black	0.0%	0
White	0.0%	0
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	28.5%	2

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Madera. If you'd like to see how other nearby schools look in diversity, just google "[name of school] prepscholar" to find our guide to that specific school.

Income Level of Valley Children's Hospital School Families

What are the family incomes of students at Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School? To determine this, we look at the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches, a classification by the US federal government.

To qualify for a reduced price meal, family income needs to be below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $45,000 or below.

To qualify for a free meal, family income needs to be below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $32,000 or below.

The lower the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals, the higher the income levels are likely to be.

At Valley Children's Hospital School, 0.0% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 0.0% qualify for free lunches.

This means Valley Children's Hospital School has a very low poverty level. Nearly no students at Valley Children's Hospital School qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Madera is thus likely to have a very affluent community, and Valley Children's Hospital School is in the top 10% of California schools in terms of family income.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	0	0.0%
Free lunches	0	0.0%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	7	100.0%

As with ethnicity, this likely reflects the surrounding community in Madera and doesn't speak much about the school itself.

Because Valley Children's Hospital School is in the top quartile of schools by family income, it's likely to be well-funded relative to other high schools in California. This means you'll likely have access to advanced coursework like AP/IB classes and better-funded extracurriculars and sports.

It's still up to you, though, to take advantage of the resources Valley Children's Hospital School has to offer. If you work hard and spend your time effectively, you'll likely be well positioned to succeed in college and beyond.

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School Safety

How safe is Valley Children's Hospital of Central California School to attend? Can you expect a lot of conflict as a student here?

To study this, we look at disciplinary data for two types of incidents at Valley Children's Hospital School: referrals to law enforcement (when incidents are reported to police), and arrests.

These are the most serious disciplinary actions available to school administration and are more severe than suspensions or expulsions. Suspensions are often discretionary and can be given just for being disruptive in class. In contrast, law enforcement referrals and arrests often indicate incidents that put the safety of other Valley Children's Hospital School students at risk.

In the school year of 2011-2012, there were 0 referrals to law enforcement, and 0 school-related arrests. This is out of a total enrollment of 25 students.

To put this into perspective, most California schools (59% of them) reported 0 law enforcement referrals and arrests.

Compare this school with other high schools in the same school district, using the following table:

Golden Valley Unified School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Total Arrests	Enrollment
Independence Continuation High	0	0	14
Liberty High	0	0	83
Lincoln Community Day	0	0	10
Valley Teen Ranch Community Day	0	0	28
Centennial Independent Study	0	0	29

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