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What's one thing Heaton Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001735
Heaton Elementary
1533 North San Pablo Ave., Fresno, CA 93728 · (559) 457-2920 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
489 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 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 64% larger than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
40%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
18.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.4pp since 2014
Math
11.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.3% | 15.1% | 16.6% | 64.9% |
| Math | 3.3% | 8.1% | 23.6% | 64.9% |
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 | 18.4% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 11.3% | 10.7% |
| 2022-23 | 11.7% | 9.7% |
| 2021-22 | 13.2% | 8.2% |
| 2018-19 | 21.5% | 11.9% |
| 2017-18 | 20.3% | 13.8% |
| 2016-17 | 15.8% | 11.8% |
| 2015-16 | 11.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Heaton Elementary
Heaton Elementary's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heaton Elementary this school | 515 | 95.0% | 12.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Fresno | 526 | 97.3% | 32.8% |
| Muir Elementary Fresno | 469 | 94.5% | 24.1% |
| Chaparral Hills Elementary Moreno Valley | 547 | 93.8% | 27.3% |
| Anna Kyle Elementary Fairfield | 603 | 93.0% | 11.0% |
| Sunnymeadows Elementary Moreno Valley | 583 | 94.0% | 22.6% |
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 Heaton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #5,034 of 5,151 | #185 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #4,979 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #184 of 185 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,926 of 5,172 ▲ 189 | #183 of 185 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,866 of 5,116 | #98 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #2,246 of 5,915 | #108 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #641 of 5,352 | #51 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #3,450 of 5,354 | #110 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #454 of 5,625 | #35 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #1,313 of 3,837 | #27 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
515
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 41.9:1
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 | 515 | 26.7 | 19.3:1 | 95% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 28.1 | 18.3:1 | 97% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 27.3 | 19.2:1 | 97% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 13 | 41.9:1 | 93% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 25 | 26.1:1 | 96% (628) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 24 | 26.7:1 | 94% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | N/A | N/A | 88% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 38 | 20.3:1 | 100% (769) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 30 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heaton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (652 to 515); teachers up 7% (25 to 26.7).
About Heaton Elementary
Heaton Elementary is a public elementary school run by Fresno Unified in Fresno, California. Federal data show 515 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Heaton Elementary is one school in Fresno Unified, a system of 100 schools with 67,873 students.
More than half of enrollment at Heaton Elementary is Hispanic: 76%. Other groups make up 11% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
Its ratio of 19.3:1 is based on 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. In all, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fresno County average 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Heaton Elementary lands at D, ahead of 9% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Heaton Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 23.9%. Heaton Elementary scores 12.8%, 11.2 points below that line.
Looking at the county, Fresno County, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Heaton Elementary, Fresno County has 368 public schools.
Design Science Middle College High sits about 0.3 miles from Heaton Elementary. Heaton Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 31.2%, higher than Heaton Elementary's 12.8%.
Heaton Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2020-21, Heaton Elementary enrolled 545 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 515. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 41.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.3:1.
On allk12, people connected to Heaton Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Design Science Middle College High0.3 mi · 243
- Fulton0.6 mi · 23
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary0.6 mi · 368
- Phillip J Patino School of Entrepreneurship0.6 mi · 282
- Fresno High0.6 mi · 1,867
- Muir Elementary0.9 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Heaton ElementaryHow many students attend Heaton Elementary?
Heaton Elementary enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Heaton Elementary serve?
Heaton Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Heaton Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Heaton Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Heaton Elementary?
Student demographics at Heaton Elementary are roughly 4% White, 76% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Heaton Elementary in?
Heaton Elementary is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.