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Enrollment
754
Elementary
DISTRICT 604 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL UNIFIED·NCES 060797007668
Herndon-Barstow Elementary
6265 North Grantland Ave., Fresno, CA 93723 · (559) 276-5250 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- A-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
27.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
517 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 27% larger than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
52.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.0pp since 2014
Math
47.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.1% | 26.9% | 19.8% | 28.2% |
| Math | 27.1% | 20.0% | 28.4% | 24.6% |
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 | 52.0% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 44.3% |
| 2022-23 | 47.7% | 40.2% |
| 2021-22 | 52.1% | 42.4% |
| 2018-19 | 57.3% | 51.2% |
| 2017-18 | 60.2% | 53.1% |
| 2016-17 | 53.5% | 45.1% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Herndon-Barstow Elementary
Herndon-Barstow Elementary's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herndon-Barstow Elementary this school | 754 | 68.6% | 48.3% |
| Temperance-Kutner Elementary Fresno | 618 | 68.3% | 47.1% |
| Edwin Rhodes Elementary Chino | 860 | 64.5% | 62.7% |
| Fancher Creek Elementary Fresno | 649 | 72.3% | 41.7% |
| Canyon Oaks Elementary American Canyon | 696 | 63.5% | 49.3% |
| Lincoln Fundamental Elementary Corona | 754 | 68.2% | 56.8% |
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 Herndon-Barstow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,834 of 5,151 | #52 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,784 of 5,172 ▲ 82 | #50 of 185 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,884 of 5,172 ▲ 45 | #57 of 185 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,526 of 5,116 | #129 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #518 of 5,915 | #17 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.2:1 | #5,157 of 5,352 | #185 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #1,240 of 5,354 | #33 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #3,040 of 5,625 | #153 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #385 of 1,139 | #23 of 49 |
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
754
+110 (+17%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 754 | 27.7 | 27.2:1 | 69% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 27.7 | 26.2:1 | 66% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 25.9 | 26.8:1 | 66% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 25 | 25.8:1 | 53% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 23.5 | 28.1:1 | 51% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 22 | 28.4:1 | 57% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 66% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 78% (542) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 13 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herndon-Barstow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (660 to 754); teachers up 18% (23.5 to 27.7).
About Herndon-Barstow Elementary
Herndon-Barstow Elementary is the name of a large elementary school in Fresno, California. It teaches 754 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 62% higher.
Central Unified runs 24 schools with a combined 15,956 students. Herndon-Barstow Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at Herndon-Barstow Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 36% Asian, 11% White, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Fresno County's population at about 55%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Herndon-Barstow Elementary has a ratio of 27.2:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public elementary schools, Herndon-Barstow Elementary outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Herndon-Barstow Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.3% is 9.0 points above the 39.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Fresno County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Herndon-Barstow Elementary, Fresno County has 368 public schools.
Rio Vista Middle is the nearest public school to Herndon-Barstow Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Herndon-Barstow Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Herndon-Barstow Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 644 students in 2020-21 to 754 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 25.8:1 to 27.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Herndon-Barstow Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Central Unified
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- Central ElementaryElementary · 762 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
- Rio Vista Middle0.9 mi · 851
- River Bluff Elementary1.0 mi · 694
- William Saroyan Elementary1.4 mi · 697
- Harvest Elementary1.9 mi · 1,010
- Norman Liddell Elementary2.0 mi · 628
- Justin Garza High2.2 mi · 2,095
Frequently asked questions
About Herndon-Barstow ElementaryHow large is Herndon-Barstow Elementary?
Herndon-Barstow Elementary enrolls approximately 754 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Herndon-Barstow Elementary serve?
Herndon-Barstow Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Herndon-Barstow Elementary?
Approximately 27.2:1 students per teacher at Herndon-Barstow Elementary.
How diverse is Herndon-Barstow Elementary?
Herndon-Barstow Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 45% Hispanic, 5% Black, 36% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Herndon-Barstow Elementary in?
Herndon-Barstow Elementary is part of Central Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.