Cedarwood Elementary

Located at 2851 Palo Alto Ave., in Clovis, California, Cedarwood Elementary is a roomy primary school that instructs 848 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Clovis Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 82% larger than typical.

Clovis Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 43,611 students; Cedarwood Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Cedarwood Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 36% White, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cedarwood Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cedarwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the surrounding community, Fresno County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Cedarwood Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Mickey Cox Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedarwood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Cedarwood Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedarwood Elementary has increased 15%, going from 738 students in 2018 to 848 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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