Edison-Bethune Charter Academy

Edison-Bethune Charter Academy is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Fresno, California, operated by Edison-Bethune Charter Academy District, with 368 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 21% smaller than typical.

Edison-Bethune Charter Academy sits inside Edison-Bethune Charter Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edison-Bethune Charter Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Black, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fresno County shows 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%. Edison-Bethune Charter Academy is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Big Picture Educational Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Edison-Bethune Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, members of the Edison-Bethune Charter Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.