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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455008141
Bullard Talent
4950 North Harrison Ave., Fresno, CA 93704 · (559) 248-7030 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- 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
19.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
350 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 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
57%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
58.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.2pp since 2014
Math
46.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.5% | 32.8% | 22.2% | 19.6% |
| Math | 22.9% | 23.3% | 28.4% | 25.3% |
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 | 58.2% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 45.6% |
| 2022-23 | 51.3% | 42.5% |
| 2021-22 | 56.1% | 38.8% |
| 2018-19 | 59.5% | 51.1% |
| 2017-18 | 59.9% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 53.0% | 42.5% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Bullard Talent
Bullard Talent's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard Talent this school | 744 | 47.0% | 52.8% |
| Taper Avenue Elementary San Pedro | 672 | 50.1% | 58.5% |
| Alpine Vista Tulare | 659 | 51.1% | 42.3% |
| Frontier Elementary Hanford | 619 | 47.2% | 51.3% |
| Gehringer Elementary Oakley | 663 | 44.3% | 38.9% |
| Castle View Elementary Riverside | 684 | 52.9% | 48.8% |
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 Bullard Talent ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,541 of 5,151 | #41 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,831 of 5,172 ▼ 54 | #52 of 185 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #1,452 of 5,172 ▼ 136 | #39 of 185 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #1,716 of 5,116 | #89 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #555 of 5,915 | #21 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #686 of 5,352 | #55 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #2,167 of 5,354 | #69 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #4,046 of 5,625 | #179 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #3,659 of 3,837 | #124 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
744
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 30.4:1
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 | 744 | 38.3 | 19.4:1 | 47% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 37.8 | 19.9:1 | 52% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 37.5 | 19.8:1 | 53% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 25 | 30.4:1 | 54% (414) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 33.9 | 22.4:1 | 62% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 764 | 33 | 23.1:1 | 57% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | N/A | N/A | 57% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 38% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 29 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bullard Talent.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (758 to 744); teachers up 13% (33.9 to 38.3).
About Bullard Talent
In Fresno, California, part of Fresno County, Bullard Talent is an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 744 students covers kindergarten through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Bullard Talent is one school in a 100-school district, Fresno Unified, which enrolls 67,873 students.
A majority of students at Bullard Talent, 61%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 23% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. Bullard Talent has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Bullard Talent employs 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. Bullard Talent's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County is 28 points.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Bullard Talent receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 52.0%.
Federal survey data for Fresno County show that median household income is about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bullard Talent is among the 368 public schools in Fresno County.
Endeavor Charter is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Bullard Talent is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.0% proficiency; Bullard Talent posts 52.8%.
The NCES locale for Bullard Talent is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 761 in 2020-21, 744 in 2024-25. The ratio was 30.4:1 in 2020-21 and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bullard Talent. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- Endeavor Charter0.1 mi · 333
- Wawona K-80.6 mi · 688
- Gibson Elementary0.7 mi · 358
- Bullard High0.7 mi · 2,485
- Powers-Ginsburg Elementary0.9 mi · 421
- Baird Middle0.9 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Bullard TalentHow many students attend Bullard Talent?
Bullard Talent enrolls approximately 744 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Bullard Talent serve?
Bullard Talent serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Bullard Talent?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Bullard Talent.
How diverse is Bullard Talent?
Bullard Talent reports a student body of 23% White, 61% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bullard Talent public or private?
Bullard Talent 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.