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Which teacher or staff member at Cedarwood Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
848
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903005744
Cedarwood Elementary
2851 Palo Alto Ave., Clovis, CA 93611 · (559) 327-6000 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of California public elementary schools
- A-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.
- CThree-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
25.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
296 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 140 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (145) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (140).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
66.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2014
Math
58.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.1% | 25.8% | 18.3% | 15.8% |
| Math | 31.7% | 26.7% | 22.1% | 19.5% |
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 | 66.0% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 54.3% |
| 2022-23 | 63.3% | 58.4% |
| 2021-22 | 66.4% | 60.3% |
| 2018-19 | 76.2% | 73.0% |
| 2017-18 | 80.5% | 72.2% |
| 2016-17 | 70.8% | 64.4% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Cedarwood Elementary
Cedarwood Elementary's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarwood Elementary this school | 848 | 34.9% | 59.6% |
| Ysabel Barnett Elementary Temecula | 753 | 36.1% | 59.5% |
| French Valley Elementary Winchester | 755 | 36.0% | 55.0% |
| Paloma Elementary San Marcos | 758 | 31.4% | 75.0% |
| Campbell School of Innovation Campbell | 815 | 32.3% | 48.0% |
| Norris Elementary Bakersfield | 810 | 37.4% | 52.3% |
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 Cedarwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #1,145 of 5,151 | #21 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #1,137 of 5,172 ▲ 134 | #21 of 185 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #963 of 5,172 ▲ 369 | #17 of 185 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,455 of 5,116 | #26 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #260 of 5,915 | #8 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,480 of 5,352 | #170 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #812 of 5,354 | #19 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #4,565 of 5,625 | #189 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #360 of 1,139 | #21 of 49 |
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
848
+102 (+14%) vs 2020
+43% since 2000-01, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 848 | 33.8 | 25.1:1 | 35% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 32.8 | 25.1:1 | 33% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 31.2 | 25.0:1 | 32% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 28 | 26.6:1 | 40% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 26 | 28.4:1 | 30% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 27 | 28.9:1 | 32% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | N/A | N/A | 27% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 26 | 22.8:1 | 13% (80) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedarwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (738 to 848); teachers up 30% (26 to 33.8).
About Cedarwood Elementary
Cedarwood Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Clovis, California, one of the schools in Clovis Unified. The school counted 848 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. The school is 82% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Cedarwood Elementary is one of 51 schools in Clovis Unified, which enrolls 43,611 students in total.
About 40% of students at Cedarwood Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 36% White, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Fresno County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 15 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Cedarwood Elementary are from different groups.
Cedarwood Elementary has 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The school has 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Fresno County, the average eligibility rate is 75%.
Cedarwood Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Cedarwood Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
The school is in Fresno County, where the median household earns about $74,201 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Across Fresno County, 368 public schools serve about 206,072 students.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Mickey Cox Elementary, is the closest to Cedarwood Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 59.6% is below the 66.1% average for nearby schools.
Cedarwood Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 102 students, from 746 to 848. Students per teacher dropped from 26.6 in 2020-21 to 25.1 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
Related schools
Other schools in Clovis Unified
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 students
Other schools in Clovis
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 students
- Clark IntermediateMiddle · 1,437 students
- Alta Sierra IntermediateMiddle · 1,374 students
Other Cedarwood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cedarwood Elementary. Cedarwood Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Cedarwood ElementaryMagalia, CA · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Mickey Cox Elementary0.9 mi · 639
- Clovis Community Day Elementary1.4 mi · 3
- Clovis Community Day Secondary1.4 mi · 56
- Dry Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 939
- Clovis Online Charter1.5 mi · 797
- Clovis Elementary1.5 mi · 709
Frequently asked questions
About Cedarwood ElementaryHow many students attend Cedarwood Elementary?
Cedarwood Elementary enrolls approximately 848 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cedarwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cedarwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cedarwood Elementary have?
Cedarwood Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedarwood Elementary?
At Cedarwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 36% White, 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Cedarwood Elementary public or private?
Cedarwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clovis Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.