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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903009530
Fancher Creek Elementary
5948 East Tulare Ave., Fresno, CA 93727 · (559) 327-6700 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
469 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (96).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
37.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.0% | 23.4% | 22.6% | 32.0% |
| Math | 15.4% | 21.9% | 29.4% | 33.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 35.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.9% | 32.2% |
| 2021-22 | 48.4% | 33.1% |
| 2018-19 | 60.5% | 55.3% |
| 2017-18 | 59.9% | 59.2% |
| 2016-17 | 56.1% | 53.7% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 →
Schools most like Fancher Creek Elementary
Fancher Creek Elementary's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fancher Creek Elementary this school | 649 | 72.3% | 41.7% |
| Temperance-Kutner Elementary Fresno | 618 | 68.3% | 47.1% |
| Herndon-Barstow Elementary Fresno | 754 | 68.6% | 48.3% |
| Lone Star Elementary Fresno | 672 | 72.0% | 47.4% |
| Chaparral Elementary Chino Hills | 616 | 66.6% | 54.9% |
| Ybarra Academy for the Arts and Technology Walnut | 630 | 66.8% | 51.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fancher Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #2,328 of 5,151 | #67 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #2,517 of 5,172 ▲ 16 | #81 of 185 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #2,414 of 5,172 ▼ 430 | #73 of 185 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,152 of 5,116 | #146 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #1,027 of 5,915 | #51 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,696 of 5,352 | #90 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #1,445 of 5,354 | #40 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #2,821 of 5,625 | #141 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #1,133 of 3,837 | #20 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
649
-94 (-13%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 26.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 649 | 30.5 | 21.3:1 | 72% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 29.8 | 22.2:1 | 76% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 29.7 | 23.3:1 | 79% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 28 | 26.5:1 | 80% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 837 | 31.5 | 26.6:1 | 74% (617) |
| 2015-16 | 852 | 31 | 27.5:1 | 77% (658) |
| 2010-11 | 860 | N/A | N/A | 60% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 932 | 47 | 19.8:1 | 71% (661) |
| 1990-91 | 687 | 28 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fancher Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (837 to 649); teachers down 3% (31.5 to 30.5).
About Fancher Creek Elementary
This page covers Fancher Creek Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California. Enrolled students number 649 students, in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
The district, Clovis Unified, operates 51 schools serving 43,611 students.
Fancher Creek Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 47%. Smaller groups are 36% Asian, 8% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Fancher Creek Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 21.3:1, with 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fancher Creek Elementary is 72%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Fancher Creek Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 37.2% for a school in California with Fancher Creek Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Fancher Creek Elementary posts 41.7%.
Fresno County has about 1,016,725 residents, and median household income is about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Fresno County number 368 and enroll about 206,072.
The closest other public school is John S. Wash Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.7% on proficiency, and Fancher Creek Elementary is above that at 41.7%.
NCES assigns Fancher Creek Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Fancher Creek Elementary went from 743 students to 649. The ratio was 26.5:1 in 2020-21 and 21.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Clovis Unified
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 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
- John S. Wash Elementary0.8 mi · 838
- Temperance-Kutner Elementary1.2 mi · 618
- Hirayama Elementary1.7 mi · 442
- Easterby Elementary1.8 mi · 613
- Ayer Elementary1.9 mi · 590
- Sunnyside High1.9 mi · 2,858
Frequently asked questions
About Fancher Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fancher Creek Elementary?
Fancher Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 649 students in grades KG-06.
Is Fancher Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fancher Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Fancher Creek Elementary?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Fancher Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Fancher Creek Elementary?
Fancher Creek Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 47% Hispanic, 4% Black, 36% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fancher Creek Elementary?
Fancher Creek Elementary is overseen by Clovis Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.