Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary

Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary, a reasonably sized primary school in Fresno, California, operated by Fresno Unified, hosts 630 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary sits 35% above that benchmark.

Fresno Unified comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 67,873 students; Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 23% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 26.5%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary is one.

Elizabeth Terronez Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.8%.

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