Dry Creek Elementary

Dry Creek Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school in Clovis, California, operated by Clovis Unified, hosts 939 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 102% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Clovis Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 43,611 students; Dry Creek Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Dry Creek Elementary shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Dry Creek Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dry Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.0%, the actual is 75.3%, a residual of +8.3 points.

Around the school, Fresno County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Dry Creek Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Century Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dry Creek Elementary. On composite proficiency, Dry Creek Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.6%.

Dry Creek Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dry Creek Elementary has edged up 8%, going from 873 students in 2018 to 939 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 29.1:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Dry Creek Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.