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What advice would you give to incoming students at Eaton Elementary?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001722
Eaton Elementary
1451 East Sierra Ave., Fresno, CA 93710 · (559) 451-4470 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
367 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
CA avg 47.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
38.7%
CA avg 35.6% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
512
+86 (+20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 24.3:1
% White
21%
was 32%
% Hispanic
56%
was 50%
% Black
4%
was 4%
% Asian
10%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Eaton Elementary
Eaton Elementary is a primary school of average-sized scale in Fresno, California, run under Fresno Unified, instructing 512 students in grades K through 6.
Across the 100 schools in Fresno Unified (67,873 students total), Eaton Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Eaton Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Fresno County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Eaton Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Eaton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eaton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.8%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of +2.7 points.
Around the school, census data for Fresno County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Eaton Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Ahwahnee Middle, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eaton Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 20%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 512 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 32% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.
On this page, members of the Eaton 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.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fresno Unified
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,175 students
- McLane HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 2,040 students
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- Ahwahnee Middle0.5 mi · 738
- McCardle Elementary0.9 mi · 463
- Herbert Hoover High0.9 mi · 2,040
- Robinson Elementary1.2 mi · 525
- Lincoln Elementary1.2 mi · 631
- Wolters Elementary1.3 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Eaton ElementaryHow large is Eaton Elementary?
Eaton Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Eaton Elementary serve?
Eaton Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Eaton Elementary have?
Eaton Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Eaton Elementary?
Student demographics at Eaton Elementary are roughly 21% White, 56% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Eaton Elementary?
Eaton Elementary is overseen by Fresno Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.