Eric White Elementary

Eric White Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Selma, California, overseen by Selma Unified. Current enrollment sits at 630 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 35% bigger than typical.

Within Selma Unified, which oversees 12 schools and 5,911 students, Eric White Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Eric White Elementary logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 2% Asian. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eric White Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eric White Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.3%, the actual is 28.9%, a residual of +5.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Eric White Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Heartland High (Continuation), around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eric White Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eric White Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eric White Elementary has edged up 27%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 630 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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