Deborah A. Williams Elementary

Set in Fresno, California, Deborah A. Williams Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus, operated by Fresno Unified. It caters to 582 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 100 schools in Fresno Unified (67,873 students total), Deborah A. Williams Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Deborah A. Williams Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deborah A. Williams Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 19.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Deborah A. Williams Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Roeding Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deborah A. Williams Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deborah A. Williams Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 31.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Deborah A. Williams Elementary's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 639 (now 582). Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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