Elementary · California

Madera Elementary

Free meals for all

Madera Elementary, a public elementary school in El Cerrito, California: grades k–6, 457 students, 24.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of West Contra Costa Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 457
Teachers (FTE): 19.0
Students per teacher: 24.1
Grades: K–6; Elementary

More students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 50% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Larger than 58% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: West Contra Costa Unified

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with West Contra Costa Unified.

Location

Address: 8500 Madera Dr., El Cerrito, CA 94530
Phone: (510)231-1412
City or town: El Cerrito
County: Contra Costa County

Quality of life in El Cerrito Schools in El Cerrito

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Mira Vista ElementaryFree meals for all	K–8	510	20.7	1.2 mi
Kensington ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	473	23.7	1.4 mi
Fairmont ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	537	23.3	1.4 mi
Harding ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	481	24.1	1.7 mi
Michelle Obama ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	431	22.3	1.8 mi
Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	375	22.1	1.9 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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