Heaton Elementary

Heaton Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school in Fresno, California, run under Fresno Unified. The school enrolls 515 students in grades K through 6.

Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Heaton Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Heaton Elementary lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 11% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Heaton Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Heaton Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Heaton Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 10.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fresno County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Heaton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Design Science Middle College High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Heaton Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heaton Elementary has edged down 21%, going from 652 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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