Del Mar Elementary

Del Mar Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Fresno, California, one of the schools within Fresno Unified. Current enrollment sits at 444 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Fresno Unified, which oversees 100 schools and 67,873 students, Del Mar Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Del Mar Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 10% Black, 7% Asian, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Del Mar Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Del Mar Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.5%, the actual is 23.1%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Del Mar Elementary is one.

Aspen Meadow Public is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 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), Del Mar Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Del Mar Elementary's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 572 (now 444). Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Del Mar Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.