Enrollment
198
Elementary
DISTRICT 604 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL UNIFIED·NCES 060797007665
Biola-Pershing Elementary
4885 North Biola Ave., Fresno, CA 93723 · (559) 276-5235 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL198 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
22.0:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
183 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
44.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.7pp since 2014
Math
37.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.2% | 24.6% | 25.4% | 29.8% |
| Math | 12.2% | 25.2% | 27.0% | 35.6% |
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 | 44.7% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 33.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.6% | 24.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.3% | 21.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.9% | 33.6% |
| 2017-18 | 40.7% | 28.3% |
| 2016-17 | 38.9% | 31.9% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Biola-Pershing Elementary
Biola-Pershing Elementary's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biola-Pershing Elementary this school | 198 | 92.4% | 40.9% |
| Linton T. Simmons Elementary Garden Grove | 247 | 93.5% | 40.7% |
| California Elementary West Covina | 220 | 90.5% | 41.1% |
| Harvard Elementary Los Angeles | 249 | 95.2% | 37.1% |
| La Primaria Elementary El Monte | 242 | 88.4% | 21.2% |
| Dayton Heights Elementary Los Angeles | 214 | 96.7% | 47.3% |
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 Biola-Pershing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,396 of 5,151 | #72 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #2,505 of 5,172 ▲ 204 | #80 of 185 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #2,480 of 5,172 ▼ 273 | #76 of 185 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.7pp | #247 of 5,116 | #16 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 198 | #5,362 of 5,915 | #192 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #780 of 5,625 | #59 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #1,939 of 3,837 | #53 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
198
-13 (-6%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 215
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 198 | 9 | 22.0:1 | 92% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 9 | 21.0:1 | 89% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 207 | 9 | 23.0:1 | 94% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 9 | 23.4:1 | 95% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 9 | 26.1:1 | 86% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 217 | 8 | 27.1:1 | 97% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 207 | N/A | N/A | 99% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 159 | 9 | 17.7:1 | 98% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 215 | 10 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Biola-Pershing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (235 to 198); teachers unchanged (9 to 9).
About Biola-Pershing Elementary
Biola-Pershing Elementary sits in Fresno, California, and is classified as an elementary school. In all, 198 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. It has 57% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Central Unified serves 15,956 students across 24 schools.
Biola-Pershing Elementary is 85% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 12% Asian. In Fresno County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Biola-Pershing Elementary scores 27%.
There are 9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Biola-Pershing Elementary, giving a ratio of 22.0:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A total of 183 students, or 92%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Fresno County report 75%.
Biola-Pershing Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Biola-Pershing Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.9% is 15.5 points above the 25.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Fresno County, median household income comes to about $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 368, with about 206,072 students.
Biola-Pershing Elementary is about 3.8 miles from Central High, its nearest public school. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Biola-Pershing Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Biola-Pershing Elementary in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment fell by 6% across 4 years, from 211 in 2020-21 to 198 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 23.4:1 in 2020-21 to 22.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Biola-Pershing ElementaryHow large is Biola-Pershing Elementary?
Biola-Pershing Elementary enrolls approximately 198 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Biola-Pershing Elementary serve?
Biola-Pershing Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Biola-Pershing Elementary have?
Biola-Pershing Elementary employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Biola-Pershing Elementary?
Student demographics at Biola-Pershing Elementary are roughly 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Biola-Pershing Elementary in?
Biola-Pershing Elementary is part of Central Unified.
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