Columbia Elementary

Columbia Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Fresno, California, operated by Fresno Unified. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Columbia Elementary sits 22% above that benchmark.

Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Columbia Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Columbia Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Black, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Columbia Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Columbia Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Columbia Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Fresno County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Columbia Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Big Picture Educational Academy, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Columbia Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 620 (now 568). Class-load math has tightened: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Columbia Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.