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.