Herndon-Barstow Elementary

Herndon-Barstow Elementary operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Fresno, California, run under Central Unified. Current enrollment sits at 754 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Herndon-Barstow Elementary sits 62% larger than that benchmark.

Central Unified runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 15,956 students. Herndon-Barstow Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Herndon-Barstow Elementary lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 36% Asian, 11% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Herndon-Barstow Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at Herndon-Barstow Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Herndon-Barstow Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.6%; this one delivers 47.0%.

Around the school, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Herndon-Barstow Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rio Vista Middle, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Herndon-Barstow Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Herndon-Barstow Elementary's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 660 (now 754). Asian enrollment moved from 22% to 36% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.