Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGS CANYON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061970002367
Great Western Elementary
5051 South Frankwood Ave., Reedley, CA 93654 · (559) 305-7220 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
20.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
256 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 66 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
55.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +26.8pp since 2014
Math
46.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +27.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 27 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.2% | 27.6% | 21.1% | 23.1% |
| Math | 20.9% | 25.3% | 22.8% | 31.0% |
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 | 55.8% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 41.2% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 29.9% |
| 2021-22 | 38.2% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.8% | 27.3% |
| 2018-19 | 51.6% | 53.7% |
| 2017-18 | 43.5% | 34.8% |
| 2016-17 | 40.9% | 35.6% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Great Western Elementary
Great Western Elementary's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Western Elementary this school | 309 | 82.8% | 47.2% |
| McKinley Elementary Santa Barbara | 293 | 80.9% | 20.1% |
| Blanchard Elementary Santa Paula | 317 | 83.9% | 17.9% |
| Aliso Elementary Carpinteria | 315 | 78.7% | 40.8% |
| Brook Hill Elementary Santa Rosa | 279 | 80.6% | 16.6% |
| Le Grand Elementary Le Grand | 344 | 79.4% | 29.9% |
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 Great Western Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,910 of 5,151 | #54 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,836 of 5,172 ▲ 265 | #53 of 185 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #1,627 of 5,172 ▲ 625 | #46 of 185 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.9pp | #767 of 5,116 | #41 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #4,686 of 5,915 | #173 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,271 of 5,352 | #75 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #4,137 of 5,354 | #135 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #1,890 of 5,625 | #112 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #2,291 of 3,837 | #73 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
309
-15 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 309 | 15 | 20.6:1 | 83% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 15 | 22.5:1 | 85% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 16 | 20.2:1 | 86% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 15 | 21.6:1 | 86% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 14 | 25.4:1 | 86% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 14 | 26.1:1 | 77% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | N/A | N/A | 73% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 63% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 21 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Western Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (355 to 309); teachers up 7% (14 to 15).
About Great Western Elementary
Families in Reedley, California, are served by Great Western Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. It educates 309 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 34% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Kings Canyon Joint Unified enrolls 9,696 students, and its 21 schools include Great Western Elementary.
Hispanic students make up 85% of enrollment at Great Western Elementary. Other students are 9% White and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Fresno County residents. The school's diversity index is 26%, meaning two students picked at random have a 26% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Great Western Elementary total 15 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school counts 256 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 83%.
The allk12 Grade for Great Western Elementary is A-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Great Western Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools: 47.2% actual against 31.0% predicted.
Federal survey data for Fresno County show that the median household income is $74,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Fresno County is home to 368 public schools and about 206,072 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Thomas Law Reed Elementary, about 3.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Great Western Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment decrease, from 324 in 2020-21 to 309 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 21.6 in 2020-21 to 20.6 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 Kings Canyon Joint Unified
- Reedley HighHigh · 1,804 students
- Orange Cove HighHigh · 635 students
- Silas BartschElementary · 606 students
- Citrus MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Thomas Law Reed ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- General Grant MiddleMiddle · 526 students
Other schools in Reedley
- Reedley HighHigh · 1,804 students
- Silas BartschElementary · 606 students
- Thomas Law Reed ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- General Grant MiddleMiddle · 526 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Alta ElementaryElementary · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Law Reed Elementary3.7 mi · 558
- Reedley Middle College High3.7 mi · 255
- Navelencia Middle4.0 mi · 313
- Riverview Elementary4.1 mi · 509
- Lincoln Elementary4.2 mi · 303
- Reedley High4.2 mi · 1,804
Frequently asked questions
About Great Western ElementaryHow many students attend Great Western Elementary?
Great Western Elementary enrolls approximately 309 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Great Western Elementary serve?
Great Western Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Great Western Elementary?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Great Western Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Great Western Elementary?
At Great Western Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 85% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Great Western Elementary public or private?
Great Western Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kings Canyon Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.