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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ayer Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455007285
Ayer Elementary
5272 East Lowe Ave., Fresno, CA 93727 · (559) 253-6400 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
19.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
533 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 55% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
28.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.3pp since 2014
Math
20.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.2% | 16.1% | 23.8% | 47.9% |
| Math | 9.1% | 11.7% | 29.1% | 50.2% |
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 | 28.3% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 28.8% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 25.7% |
| 2021-22 | 22.6% | 16.8% |
| 2018-19 | 29.4% | 28.9% |
| 2017-18 | 33.9% | 29.5% |
| 2016-17 | 25.1% | 20.0% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Ayer Elementary
Ayer Elementary's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayer Elementary this school | 590 | 90.3% | 26.9% |
| Michael J. Castori Elementary Sacramento | 545 | 92.3% | 19.8% |
| Vinland Elementary Fresno | 595 | 90.9% | 19.6% |
| Robinson Elementary Fresno | 525 | 90.7% | 30.5% |
| Signal Hill Elementary Signal Hill | 599 | 86.1% | 49.4% |
| Claudia Landeen Stockton | 562 | 88.3% | 27.2% |
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 Ayer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #3,866 of 5,151 | #140 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #4,232 of 5,172 ▼ 1,027 | #156 of 185 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #4,148 of 5,172 ▼ 405 | #147 of 185 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #1,715 of 5,116 | #88 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #1,483 of 5,915 | #80 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #598 of 5,352 | #46 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #1,877 of 5,354 | #57 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,060 of 5,625 | #74 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #2,081 of 3,837 | #61 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
590
-151 (-20%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 979
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 43.6:1
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 | 590 | 30.7 | 19.2:1 | 90% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 29.2 | 18.7:1 | 92% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 31.2 | 18.4:1 | 90% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 17 | 43.6:1 | 89% (662) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 29 | 23.8:1 | 91% (630) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 28 | 25.7:1 | 91% (653) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | N/A | N/A | 88% (598) |
| 2000-01 | 830 | 38 | 21.8:1 | 75% (622) |
| 1990-91 | 979 | 40 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ayer Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (691 to 590); teachers up 6% (29 to 30.7).
About Ayer Elementary
Ayer Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California, administered by Fresno Unified. Enrollment is 590 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 27% higher.
The district, Fresno Unified, operates 100 schools serving 67,873 students.
Ayer Elementary is 59% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% Asian, 15% Black, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Ayer Elementary total 30.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school counts 533 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 90%. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Ayer Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Ayer Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
In the county around the school, Fresno County, the median household income is $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Fresno County is home to 368 public schools and about 206,072 public school students.
Nearest public school: Sunnyside High, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ayer Elementary is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Ayer Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 151 students since 2020-21, to 590. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.2:1, from 43.6:1.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Fresno Unified
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,175 students
- McLane HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 2,040 students
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
Other Ayer Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ayer Elementary. Ayer Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ayer Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 595 students
Nearby schools
- Sunnyside High0.2 mi · 2,858
- David L. Greenberg Elementary0.5 mi · 490
- Easterby Elementary0.9 mi · 613
- Kings Canyon Middle1.0 mi · 862
- Phoenix Secondary1.1 mi · 53
- Edith B. Storey Elementary1.1 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Ayer ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ayer Elementary?
Ayer Elementary enrolls approximately 590 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ayer Elementary serve?
Ayer Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Ayer Elementary have?
Ayer Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ayer Elementary?
At Ayer Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 59% Hispanic, 15% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ayer Elementary public or private?
Ayer Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.