Biola-Pershing Elementary

Biola-Pershing Elementary is a primary school of small scale in Fresno, California, operated by Central Unified, caters to 198 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 465.

Central Unified comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 15,956 students; Biola-Pershing Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Biola-Pershing Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 12% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Biola-Pershing Elementary has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 92% of students at Biola-Pershing Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Biola-Pershing Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 40.6%, a residual of +16.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Biola-Pershing Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central High, around 3.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Biola-Pershing Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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