Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON UNIFIED·NCES 060141500147
American Union Elementary
2801 West Adams Ave., Fresno, CA 93706 · (559) 495-5650 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
194 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.6pp since 2014
Math
27.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.2% | 18.2% | 29.4% | 41.2% |
| Math | 10.6% | 16.5% | 24.1% | 48.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.4% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 30.2% |
| 2022-23 | 33.5% | 30.2% |
| 2021-22 | 36.8% | 26.4% |
| 2020-21 | 34.3% | 23.0% |
| 2018-19 | 42.6% | 40.9% |
| 2017-18 | 42.0% | 34.8% |
| 2016-17 | 42.2% | 30.8% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like American Union Elementary
American Union Elementary's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Union Elementary this school | 265 | 73.2% | 31.4% |
| Charter Home School Academy Visalia | 240 | 71.3% | 25.2% |
| Olive Elementary Orange | 319 | 74.6% | 34.1% |
| Adams Elementary Costa Mesa | 321 | 73.8% | 52.3% |
| Adelante Charter Santa Barbara | 306 | 71.6% | N/A |
| Barbara Benson Elementary Tustin | 313 | 73.2% | 44.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where American Union Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,337 of 5,151 | #115 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #3,523 of 5,172 ▼ 467 | #117 of 185 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #4,043 of 5,172 ▼ 516 | #142 of 185 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #858 of 5,116 | #16 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #5,034 of 5,915 | #183 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #21 of 5,352 | #3 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #3,564 of 5,354 | #112 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #2,751 of 5,625 | #139 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #1,156 of 3,837 | #22 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-40 (-13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 265 | 18.5 | 14.3:1 | 73% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 75% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 17.6 | 16.6:1 | 75% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 17 | 17.9:1 | 82% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 14.5 | 23.5:1 | 76% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 16 | 19.4:1 | 74% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for American Union Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (341 to 265); teachers up 28% (14.5 to 18.5).
About American Union Elementary
American Union Elementary is a small elementary school found in Fresno, California. The school counted 265 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8. That is 43% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
American Union Elementary sits within Washington Unified, which has 6 schools and 2,339 students.
The share of Hispanic students at American Union Elementary is 77%, a majority. It is also 16% White, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fresno County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.3:1 is based on 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
American Union Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, American Union Elementary is 5.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
In the surrounding county, Fresno County, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Fresno County has 368 public schools with about 206,072 students, including American Union Elementary.
About 2.8 miles separate American Union Elementary from the closest public school, Elm High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, American Union Elementary ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns American Union Elementary the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 13% decline took enrollment from 305 in 2020-21 to 265 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.9:1).
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Unified
- Washington HighHigh · 1,096 students
- West Fresno ElementaryElementary · 594 students
- West Fresno MiddleMiddle · 296 students
- Elm HighHigh · 65 students
- Easton Continuation HighHigh · 23 students
- Easton Community DayHigh
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- Elm High2.8 mi · 65
- Easton Continuation High2.8 mi · 23
- Washington High3.0 mi · 1,096
- Washington Colony Elementary3.2 mi · 414
- Raisin City Elementary4.2 mi · 255
- West Park Charter Academy4.2 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About American Union ElementaryHow large is American Union Elementary?
American Union Elementary enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does American Union Elementary serve?
American Union Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at American Union Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at American Union Elementary.
How diverse is American Union Elementary?
American Union Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 77% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees American Union Elementary?
American Union Elementary is overseen by Washington Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.