Kratt Elementary

Kratt Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Fresno, California, one of the schools within Fresno Unified, with 620 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 33% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kratt Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school lists 16% White, 6% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Kratt Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Kratt Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kratt Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 35.5%.

In the surrounding community, Fresno County reports that median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Kratt Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Tenaya Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kratt Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kratt Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kratt Elementary has grew 8%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 620 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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