Clay Elementary

Clay Elementary operates as a compact elementary-level community in Kingsburg, California, overseen by Clay Joint Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 246 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 465.

Clay Elementary is a school of Clay Joint Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Clay Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Clay Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.3%, the actual is 72.7%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fresno County put the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Clay Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kings River Elementary, around 2.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clay Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.5%.

Clay Elementary operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 60% to 64%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.3:1 in 2018 to 27.3:1 in 2025.

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