Lawless Elementary

Lawless Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Fresno, California, part of Fresno Unified, with 663 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.

Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Lawless Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lawless Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 20% Asian, 11% Black, 10% White, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fresno County as a whole.

On the resource side, Lawless Elementary logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lawless Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lawless Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 31.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) shows that median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Lawless Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crescent View South II, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lawless Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 560 students in 2018 compared to 663 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 13% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 31.1:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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