Fort Washington Elementary

Fort Washington Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Fresno, California, overseen by Clovis Unified. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% above typical.

Clovis Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 43,611 students; Fort Washington Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fort Washington Elementary shows that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 35% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, Fort Washington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.9%; this one delivers 60.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Fort Washington Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clovis West High, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fort Washington Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 65.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Washington Elementary has shrank 12%, going from 643 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 42% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 in 2025.

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