Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001749
Lowell Elementary
171 North Poplar Ave., Fresno, CA 93701 · (559) 457-3020 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- A-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
16.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
314 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 70 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 71% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
28%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
32.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.2pp since 2014
Math
27.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.9% | 19.3% | 19.9% | 48.0% |
| Math | 11.1% | 16.9% | 26.2% | 45.9% |
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 | 32.2% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 25.1% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 25.3% | 17.7% |
| 2018-19 | 34.8% | 33.9% |
| 2017-18 | 40.4% | 48.1% |
| 2016-17 | 37.0% | 36.1% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Lowell Elementary
Lowell Elementary's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Elementary this school | 325 | 96.6% | 30.2% |
| H. Frank Dominguez Elementary San Bernardino | 297 | 98.0% | 12.7% |
| Arlington Heights Elementary Los Angeles | 308 | 96.8% | 24.2% |
| Norwood Street Elementary Los Angeles | 347 | 95.4% | 26.5% |
| Fairfax Elementary San Bernardino | 359 | 97.2% | 25.6% |
| Aspire Slauson Academy Charter Los Angeles | 303 | 96.4% | N/A |
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 Lowell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #3,479 of 5,151 | #119 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #3,429 of 5,172 ▲ 186 | #113 of 185 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #3,761 of 5,172 ▼ 293 | #131 of 185 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #810 of 5,116 | #45 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #4,520 of 5,915 | #168 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #65 of 5,352 | #8 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #4,051 of 5,354 | #134 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #246 of 5,625 | #17 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #534 of 3,837 | #4 of 135 |
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
325
-43 (-12%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 46.0:1
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 | 325 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 97% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 16.7 | 18.4:1 | 98% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 15.4 | 22.0:1 | 97% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 8 | 46.0:1 | 99% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 19 | 24.5:1 | 97% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 18 | 24.7:1 | 96% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | N/A | N/A | 97% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 663 | 33 | 20.1:1 | 100% (660) |
| 1990-91 | 808 | 34 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (465 to 325); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About Lowell Elementary
A small elementary school in Fresno, California, Lowell Elementary is part of Fresno Unified. The school's 325 students are in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 30% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Fresno Unified is the local district for Lowell Elementary. It runs 100 schools with 67,873 students.
Most students at Lowell Elementary are Hispanic: 85% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Lowell Elementary has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 20 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lowell Elementary was 16.3:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 97%. For comparison, public schools in Fresno County average 75%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Lowell Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Lowell Elementary is 7.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Fresno County has about 1,016,725 residents, and median household income is about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Fresno County number 368 and enroll about 206,072.
The school nearest to Lowell Elementary is School of Unlimited Learning, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lowell Elementary is 4th among 6 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment was 368 in 2020-21 and 325 in 2024-25, a decrease of 43 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 46.0:1 to 16.3:1.
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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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Other Lowell Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Lowell Elementary. Lowell Elementary is the 16th largest of the 25.
- Lowell ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 609 students
- Lowell ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 426 students
- Lowell ElementarySan Jose, CA · 261 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 538 students
- Lowell ElementaryEverett, WA · 531 students
Nearby schools
- School of Unlimited Learning0.3 mi · 199
- Kepler Neighborhood0.5 mi · 301
- Fresno County Special Education0.7 mi · 597
- Akira Yokomi Elementary0.7 mi · 700
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary0.8 mi · 368
- Muir Elementary0.9 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell ElementaryHow large is Lowell Elementary?
Lowell Elementary enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-06.
Is Lowell Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lowell Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lowell Elementary?
Lowell Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lowell Elementary?
Lowell Elementary is overseen by Fresno Unified in Fresno County.
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