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What's the one class at Burroughs Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001712
Burroughs Elementary
166 North Sierra Vista Ave., Fresno, CA 93702 · (559) 253-6430 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% 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.
- A+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
19.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
624 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 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
15%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
39.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.4pp since 2014
Math
36.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.6% | 21.8% | 24.9% | 35.7% |
| Math | 16.0% | 20.2% | 28.0% | 35.9% |
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 | 39.4% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.6% | 27.6% |
| 2021-22 | 28.1% | 21.6% |
| 2018-19 | 40.0% | 35.6% |
| 2017-18 | 33.8% | 28.5% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 26.9% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Burroughs Elementary
Burroughs Elementary's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burroughs Elementary this school | 674 | 92.6% | 37.2% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Madera | 659 | 93.3% | 22.8% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Escondido | 679 | 92.2% | 18.8% |
| Noble Avenue Elementary North Hills | 656 | 94.2% | 24.7% |
| Berlyn Elementary Ontario | 639 | 91.7% | 29.3% |
| Agua Caliente Elementary Cathedral City | 645 | 93.3% | 24.1% |
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 Burroughs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,737 of 5,151 | #88 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #2,631 of 5,172 ▼ 131 | #84 of 185 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,987 of 5,172 ▲ 125 | #98 of 185 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.9pp | #311 of 5,116 | #18 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #874 of 5,915 | #41 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #538 of 5,352 | #45 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #4,691 of 5,354 | #166 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #759 of 5,625 | #57 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #2,586 of 3,837 | #88 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
674
-78 (-10%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,378
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 41.8:1
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 | 674 | 35.5 | 19.0:1 | 93% (624) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 34.2 | 20.1:1 | 96% (663) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 35.6 | 20.0:1 | 96% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 752 | 18 | 41.8:1 | 97% (730) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 33 | 22.9:1 | 97% (731) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 32 | 24.3:1 | 97% (753) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | N/A | N/A | 96% (717) |
| 2000-01 | 1,091 | 53 | 20.6:1 | 100% (1,088) |
| 1990-91 | 1,378 | 54 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burroughs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (756 to 674); teachers up 7% (33 to 35.5).
About Burroughs Elementary
Burroughs Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Fresno, California. It enrolls 674 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. That is 45% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Fresno Unified oversees Burroughs Elementary and 99 other schools, with 67,873 students in total.
Roughly 92% of students at Burroughs Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Asian. By comparison, Fresno County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 15%.
Based on 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Burroughs Elementary has a ratio of 19.0:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 93%. Across public schools in Fresno County, the average is 75%.
Among California public elementary schools, Burroughs Elementary outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Burroughs Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 25.3%. Burroughs Elementary scores 37.2%, 11.9 points above that line.
In the wider Fresno County area, median household income comes to about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fresno County counts 368 public schools with about 206,072 students.
Among nearby public schools, Mario G. Olmos Elementary is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 29.5%, lower than Burroughs Elementary's 37.2%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 674, compared with 752 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.0:1) than in 2020-21 (41.8:1).
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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
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Other Burroughs Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Burroughs Elementary. Burroughs Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- Burroughs ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 481 students
- Burroughs Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 371 students
- Burroughs Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 331 students
- Burroughs Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 310 students
- Burroughs Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Mario G. Olmos Elementary0.5 mi · 536
- Roosevelt High0.7 mi · 2,175
- Ann B. Leavenworth0.8 mi · 748
- Lane Elementary0.9 mi · 555
- Kings Canyon Middle1.0 mi · 862
- Ewing Elementary1.0 mi · 842
Frequently asked questions
About Burroughs ElementaryHow large is Burroughs Elementary?
Burroughs Elementary enrolls approximately 674 students in grades KG-06.
Is Burroughs Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burroughs Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burroughs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burroughs Elementary is approximately 19.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burroughs Elementary?
At Burroughs Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Burroughs Elementary in?
Burroughs Elementary is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.