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What's one thing Lawless Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
663
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455007720
Lawless Elementary
5255 North Reese Ave., Fresno, CA 93722 · (559) 451-4520 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
558 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 143 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is 59% larger than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
35.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.4pp since 2014
Math
28.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.8% | 21.5% | 16.4% | 48.2% |
| Math | 11.6% | 16.7% | 27.7% | 44.0% |
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 | 35.4% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.3% | 28.8% |
| 2021-22 | 33.4% | 25.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.3% | 32.6% |
| 2017-18 | 33.3% | 25.5% |
| 2016-17 | 30.4% | 23.7% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Lawless Elementary
Lawless Elementary's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawless Elementary this school | 663 | 84.2% | 32.0% |
| Melville S. Jacobson Elementary Tracy | 644 | 82.3% | 23.9% |
| Rodeo Hills Elementary Rodeo | 534 | 80.7% | 21.9% |
| Oakwood Elementary Stockton | 522 | 84.7% | 20.0% |
| George Y. Komure Elementary Stockton | 752 | 81.0% | 21.4% |
| Signal Hill Elementary Signal Hill | 599 | 86.1% | 49.4% |
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 Lawless Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,272 of 5,151 | #112 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #3,388 of 5,172 ▼ 3 | #110 of 185 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #3,391 of 5,172 ▼ 327 | #117 of 185 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,468 of 5,116 | #126 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #934 of 5,915 | #48 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #3,017 of 5,352 | #135 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #949 of 5,354 | #21 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #1,744 of 5,625 | #106 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #278 of 1,139 | #17 of 49 |
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
663
+88 (+15%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 954
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 44.2:1
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 | 663 | 28.8 | 23.0:1 | 84% (558) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 28 | 22.9:1 | 85% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 28.5 | 21.8:1 | 83% (516) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 13 | 44.2:1 | 83% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 18 | 31.1:1 | 84% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 20 | 26.4:1 | 86% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | N/A | N/A | 74% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 41 | 19.7:1 | 42% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 954 | 41 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawless Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (560 to 663); teachers up 60% (18 to 28.8).
About Lawless Elementary
Lawless Elementary is one of the public schools in Fresno, California. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 663 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 43% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Fresno Unified has 67,873 students in 100 schools, and Lawless Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 51% of enrollment at Lawless Elementary. The remaining students are 20% Asian, 11% Black, 10% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Fresno County is about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Lawless Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Staffing totals 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.0:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lawless Elementary is 84%. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County is 9 points.
allk12 grades Lawless Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lawless Elementary is 30.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.0%.
In Fresno County (population about 1,016,725), median household income is about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 368 public schools operate in Fresno County, serving about 206,072 students.
Nearby, Crescent View South II is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Lawless Elementary places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Lawless Elementary as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 575 to 663. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 44.2:1 to 23.0:1.
The Lawless Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lawless ElementaryHow large is Lawless Elementary?
Lawless Elementary enrolls approximately 663 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Lawless Elementary serve?
Lawless Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lawless Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawless Elementary is approximately 23.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lawless Elementary?
Student demographics at Lawless Elementary are roughly 10% White, 51% Hispanic, 11% Black, 20% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lawless Elementary?
Lawless Elementary is overseen by Fresno Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.