Ezekiel Balderas Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California, Ezekiel Balderas Elementary serves 615 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Fresno Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Ezekiel Balderas Elementary sits 32% above that benchmark.

Fresno Unified comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 67,873 students; Ezekiel Balderas Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Ezekiel Balderas Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 38% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ezekiel Balderas Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% 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 somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ezekiel Balderas Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.9%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Ezekiel Balderas Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

The closest other public school is Aynesworth Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ezekiel Balderas Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Ezekiel Balderas Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 708 (now 615). The Asian share of enrollment grew from 29% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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