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Addams Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Addams Elementary
Located at 2117 West McKinley Ave., in Fresno, California, Addams Elementary is an expansive elementary campus that caters to 748 students (grades K through 6), part of Fresno Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 465.
Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Addams Elementary is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Addams Elementary records that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 7% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Addams Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.1%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household earnings sit near $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Addams Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).
The closest other public school is Homan Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Addams Elementary. On composite proficiency, Addams Elementary comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.5%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Addams Elementary has fell 8%, going from 816 students in 2018 to 748 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.
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