Cole Elementary

Located at 615 West Stuart Ave., in Clovis, California, Cole Elementary is a mid-tier primary school that caters to 667 students (grades K through 6), operated by Clovis Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cole Elementary sits 43% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 51 schools in Clovis Unified (43,611 students total), Cole Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Cole Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 27% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fresno County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cole Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 57% of students at Cole Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cole Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.4%; this one delivers 51.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Cole Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Weldon Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cole Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cole Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cole Elementary has fell 12%, going from 755 students in 2018 to 667 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

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