J. E. Hester Elementary

J. E. Hester Elementary is a modestly sized primary school in Farmersville, California, operated by Farmersville Unified. The school works with 333 students in grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 28% smaller than typical.

Farmersville Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,346 students; J. E. Hester Elementary is among them.

Demographically, J. E. Hester Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Other groups include 5% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, On paper, J. E. Hester Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting J. E. Hester Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 95% of students at J. E. Hester Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate median household income runs about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. J. E. Hester Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

Nearest neighbor: Freedom Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J. E. Hester Elementary has contracted 19%, going from 411 students in 2018 to 333 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 97% to 93%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the J. E. Hester Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.