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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Gibson Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001732
Gibson Elementary
1266 West Barstow Ave., Fresno, CA 93711 · (559) 451-4500 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
18.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
223 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 57% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
52.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
38.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.6% | 28.8% | 22.0% | 25.6% |
| Math | 17.6% | 21.2% | 29.0% | 32.1% |
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 | 52.4% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 44.3% |
| 2022-23 | 51.3% | 46.7% |
| 2021-22 | 47.2% | 38.3% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 46.0% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 38.1% |
| 2016-17 | 45.9% | 41.2% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Gibson Elementary
Gibson Elementary's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Elementary this school | 358 | 62.3% | 44.4% |
| Alta Loma Elementary Alta Loma | 328 | 61.6% | 42.3% |
| Growth Public Sacramento | 300 | 63.3% | N/A |
| McKinley Elementary Redlands | 315 | 67.0% | 40.9% |
| Point Fermin Elementary San Pedro | 304 | 61.2% | 62.0% |
| Kimbark Elementary San Bernardino | 337 | 64.1% | 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 Gibson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,119 of 5,151 | #60 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,373 of 5,172 ▼ 504 | #72 of 185 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,859 of 5,172 ▲ 651 | #55 of 185 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #2,311 of 5,116 | #121 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #4,201 of 5,915 | #164 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #283 of 5,352 | #25 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #1,399 of 5,354 | #39 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #3,368 of 5,625 | #161 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #964 of 3,837 | #14 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
358
-85 (-19%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 44.3:1
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 | 358 | 19.8 | 18.1:1 | 62% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 20.5 | 18.1:1 | 62% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 21.7 | 18.9:1 | 57% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 10 | 44.3:1 | 58% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 62% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 59% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | N/A | N/A | 33% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 14% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 18 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gibson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (473 to 358); teachers down 6% (21 to 19.8).
About Gibson Elementary
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Gibson Elementary serves students in Fresno, California. The school serves 358 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 23% smaller than that.
Gibson Elementary reports to Fresno Unified, which has 100 schools and 67,873 students.
At 54%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Gibson Elementary combined. The school is also 22% White, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is close to the 55% Hispanic share among all Fresno County residents. Gibson Elementary has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 19.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.1:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Around 62% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 75% average for public schools in Fresno County is 13 points higher.
allk12 grades Gibson Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Gibson Elementary scores 44.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 43.0%.
In the county around the school, Fresno County, median household income is about $74,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. A total of 368 public schools operate in Fresno County, serving about 206,072 students.
Bullard High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Gibson Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Gibson Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Gibson Elementary had 443 students in 2020-21 and 358 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 44.3:1 in 2020-21, and 18.1:1 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 Fresno Unified
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,175 students
- McLane HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 2,040 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
Other Gibson Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Gibson Elementary. Gibson Elementary is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Gibson ElementaryWoodland, CA · 344 students
- Gibson ElementaryWinston-Salem, NC · 589 students
- Gibson Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 421 students
- GIBSON ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 387 students
- Gibson Elementary SchoolGibson, LA · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Bullard High0.3 mi · 2,485
- Tenaya Middle0.5 mi · 876
- Florence E. Rata0.6 mi · 35
- Bullard Talent0.7 mi · 744
- Endeavor Charter0.7 mi · 333
- Baird Middle0.9 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Gibson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gibson Elementary?
Gibson Elementary enrolls approximately 358 students in grades KG-06.
Is Gibson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gibson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Gibson Elementary?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Gibson Elementary.
How diverse is Gibson Elementary?
Gibson Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 54% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Gibson Elementary?
Gibson Elementary is overseen by Fresno Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.