Homan Elementary

As a medium-sized primary school in Fresno, California, Homan Elementary educates 475 students from grades K through 6, part of Fresno Unified.

Across the 100 schools in Fresno Unified (67,873 students total), Homan Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Homan Elementary reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 11% Asian, 8% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Homan Elementary reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Homan Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

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

Golden Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Homan Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Homan Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 636 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 66% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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