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Enrollment
709
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903007960
Clovis Elementary
1100 Armstrong Ave., Clovis, CA 93611 · (559) 327-6100 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
397 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 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
64%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
65.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.1pp since 2014
Math
56.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.9% | 29.2% | 17.1% | 17.8% |
| Math | 27.8% | 28.3% | 23.4% | 20.4% |
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 | 65.1% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 48.5% |
| 2022-23 | 58.5% | 51.4% |
| 2021-22 | 57.5% | 47.3% |
| 2018-19 | 61.6% | 53.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.1% | 54.3% |
| 2016-17 | 54.3% | 50.8% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Clovis Elementary
Clovis Elementary's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clovis Elementary this school | 709 | 56.0% | 56.1% |
| L. R. Green Elementary Escondido | 717 | 52.6% | 57.1% |
| Thomas Edison Elementary Glendale | 859 | 57.9% | 56.6% |
| Tovashal Elementary Murrieta | 745 | 54.6% | 63.7% |
| Clifford Elementary Redwood City | 698 | 50.3% | 49.3% |
| Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary Turlock | 753 | 59.2% | 40.9% |
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 Clovis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #1,336 of 5,151 | #31 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #1,252 of 5,172 ▲ 362 | #29 of 185 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #1,012 of 5,172 ▲ 585 | #20 of 185 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #873 of 5,116 | #49 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #709 of 5,915 | #29 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,807 of 5,352 | #97 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #1,376 of 5,354 | #37 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #3,644 of 5,625 | #169 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #1,123 of 1,139 | #48 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
709
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 709 | 33 | 21.5:1 | 56% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 31.7 | 22.1:1 | 66% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 31.5 | 21.3:1 | 68% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 28 | 23.7:1 | 72% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 707 | 25.5 | 27.7:1 | 56% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 25 | 25.8:1 | 64% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | N/A | N/A | 48% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 50% (309) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clovis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (707 to 709); teachers up 30% (25.5 to 33).
About Clovis Elementary
Clovis Elementary is one of the public schools in Clovis, California. It is a large elementary school. The latest federal count shows 709 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 52% bigger than average.
Clovis Elementary is one school in Clovis Unified, a system of 51 schools with 43,611 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Clovis Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 45%. Next come 38% White, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all Fresno County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 33 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.5:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 21.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 56% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Fresno County average 75%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Clovis Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 56.1% actual against 46.7% predicted.
Across Fresno County, the median household income is $74,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Fresno County is home to 368 public schools and about 206,072 public school students.
Nearest public school: Clovis High, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 59.5% on proficiency, and Clovis Elementary is below that at 56.1%.
Locale data from NCES put Clovis Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, Clovis Elementary's enrollment grew 7%, to 709. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.7:1 to 21.5:1.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- Clovis High0.3 mi · 2,779
- Jefferson Elementary0.7 mi · 556
- Mickey Cox Elementary0.9 mi · 639
- Red Bank Elementary1.1 mi · 788
- Gettysburg Elementary1.2 mi · 626
- Clovis Community Day Elementary1.3 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Clovis ElementaryHow many students attend Clovis Elementary?
Clovis Elementary enrolls approximately 709 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Clovis Elementary serve?
Clovis Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clovis Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clovis Elementary is approximately 21.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clovis Elementary?
At Clovis Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 45% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Clovis Elementary?
Clovis Elementary is overseen by Clovis Unified in Fresno County.
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