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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SELMA UNIFIED·NCES 063627006185
Indianola Elementary
11524 East Dinuba Ave., Selma, CA 93662 · (559) 898-6680 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
366 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
29.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.7pp since 2014
Math
22.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.4% | 20.9% | 23.9% | 46.9% |
| Math | 6.7% | 15.4% | 27.1% | 50.8% |
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 | 29.3% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 24.9% |
| 2022-23 | 29.2% | 29.6% |
| 2021-22 | 42.3% | 30.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 27.4% |
| 2017-18 | 44.2% | 31.3% |
| 2016-17 | 39.2% | 26.7% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Indianola Elementary
Indianola Elementary's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianola Elementary this school | 420 | 87.1% | 26.0% |
| Taft Elementary Santa Ana | 408 | 85.3% | 14.8% |
| Washington Colony Elementary Fresno | 414 | 88.4% | 35.9% |
| Olivewood National City | 424 | 86.6% | 25.6% |
| Olivewood Elementary Lake Forest | 396 | 85.9% | 28.2% |
| Lincoln Acres National City | 423 | 86.3% | 22.1% |
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 Indianola Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #3,968 of 5,151 | #145 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #4,093 of 5,172 ▼ 453 | #150 of 185 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #4,053 of 5,172 ▼ 107 | #144 of 185 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #112 of 5,116 | #2 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #3,431 of 5,915 | #143 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,952 of 5,352 | #134 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #4,410 of 5,354 | #150 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #1,455 of 5,625 | #95 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #1,847 of 3,837 | #50 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
420
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 420 | 18.3 | 22.9:1 | 87% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 18.2 | 22.9:1 | 89% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 17 | 20.8:1 | 88% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 16 | 24.5:1 | 85% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 21.4 | 23.5:1 | 81% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 20 | 25.1:1 | 75% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | N/A | N/A | 84% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 90% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 23 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indianola Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (503 to 420); teachers down 14% (21.4 to 18.3).
About Indianola Elementary
Indianola Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Selma. It reports enrollment of 420 students in kindergarten through 6.
Selma Unified is responsible for 12 schools, Indianola Elementary included, with 5,911 students in all.
At Indianola Elementary, 89% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% Asian and 4% White. Census figures show Fresno County is about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Indianola Elementary scores 20%.
Indianola Elementary lists 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 22.9 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. About 87% of students at Indianola Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County is 12 points.
After adjusting for student poverty, Indianola Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.0%; the prediction is 28.5%.
For the population of Fresno County, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Indianola Elementary shares Fresno County with 367 other public schools.
Abraham Lincoln Middle is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Indianola Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Indianola Elementary places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Indianola Elementary in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 420, from 392 in 2020-21. The ratio was 24.5:1 in 2020-21 and 22.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Selma Unified
- Selma HighHigh · 1,721 students
- Abraham Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 892 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Theodore Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Eric White ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
Other schools in Selma
- Selma HighHigh · 1,721 students
- Abraham Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 892 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Theodore Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Eric White ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
Other Indianola Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Indianola Elementary. Indianola Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Indianola Elementary SchoolIndianola, OK · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Abraham Lincoln Middle1.1 mi · 892
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary1.7 mi · 634
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary1.7 mi · 335
- Andrew Jackson Elementary1.8 mi · 640
- James Garfield Elementary2.0 mi · 229
- Selma High2.0 mi · 1,721
Frequently asked questions
About Indianola ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Indianola Elementary?
Indianola Elementary enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Indianola Elementary serve?
Indianola Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Indianola Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Indianola Elementary is approximately 22.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Indianola Elementary?
Indianola Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Indianola Elementary public or private?
Indianola Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Selma Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.