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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Hamilton Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
811
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455010488
Hamilton Elementary
102 East Clinton, Fresno, CA 93704 · (559) 248-7370 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
18.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
696 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (149).
Student demographics
38%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
33.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
18.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 4 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 | 9.5% | 23.8% | 26.7% | 40.0% |
| Math | 6.2% | 12.6% | 28.0% | 53.2% |
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 | 33.3% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 21.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 28.1% | 15.3% |
| 2018-19 | 30.4% | 21.6% |
| 2017-18 | 29.3% | 19.0% |
| 2016-17 | 26.3% | 17.5% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Hamilton Elementary
Hamilton Elementary's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Elementary this school | 811 | 85.8% | 27.7% |
| Roy W. Loudon Elementary Bakersfield | 807 | 88.0% | 32.3% |
| Cottonwood Elementary Hesperia | 868 | 84.2% | 16.2% |
| Juniper Elementary Hesperia | 761 | 84.1% | 16.4% |
| Earl Warren Elementary Lake Elsinore | 821 | 81.2% | 34.9% |
| Mesa Grande Elementary Hesperia | 715 | 83.5% | 18.5% |
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 Hamilton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #3,786 of 5,151 | #138 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #4,410 of 5,172 ▼ 364 | #161 of 185 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3,637 of 5,172 ▲ 101 | #128 of 185 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,867 of 5,116 | #99 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #357 of 5,915 | #13 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #313 of 5,352 | #27 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #3,570 of 5,354 | #113 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #1,578 of 5,625 | #100 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #2,964 of 3,837 | #104 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
811
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 33.2:1
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 | 811 | 44.5 | 18.2:1 | 86% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 43 | 18.6:1 | 86% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 41 | 19.6:1 | 85% (686) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 25 | 33.2:1 | 87% (727) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 37 | 23.8:1 | 92% (811) |
| 2015-16 | 849 | 35 | 24.3:1 | 90% (762) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | N/A | N/A | 82% (700) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (880 to 811); teachers up 20% (37 to 44.5).
About Hamilton Elementary
Hamilton Elementary is one of the public schools in Fresno, California. It is a large elementary school. The school reports 811 students in kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
District-wide, Fresno Unified has 100 schools and 67,873 students.
Hamilton Elementary's enrollment is 78% Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Fresno County residents are about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Hamilton Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Its teaching staff equals 44.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.2:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Around 86% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 11 points above the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
The allk12 Grade for Hamilton Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hamilton Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.7%, compared with a predicted 29.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fresno County show that median household income is about $74,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Hamilton Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County, which together enroll about 206,072 students.
The next-closest public school is Fresno High, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hamilton Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 27.7% is below the 29.4% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Hamilton Elementary had 831 students in 2020-21 and 811 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.2:1) than in 2020-21 (33.2:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Other Hamilton Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 17 states are named Hamilton Elementary. Hamilton Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 28.
- Hamilton ElementaryPasadena, CA · 510 students
- Hamilton ElementaryHanford, CA · 418 students
- Hamilton ElementarySan Diego, CA · 406 students
- Hamilton ElementaryHamilton City, CA · 393 students
- Hamilton ElementaryAnza, CA · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Fresno High0.4 mi · 1,867
- Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary0.5 mi · 312
- Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day0.7 mi · 28
- Fremont Elementary0.7 mi · 443
- Design Science Middle College High0.8 mi · 243
- Heaton Elementary1.0 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hamilton Elementary?
Hamilton Elementary enrolls approximately 811 students in grades KG-08.
Is Hamilton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Hamilton Elementary have?
Hamilton Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamilton Elementary?
At Hamilton Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 78% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hamilton Elementary public or private?
Hamilton Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.