Lowell Elementary

Lowell Elementary is a close-knit primary school in Fresno, California, part of Fresno Unified. The school instructs 325 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lowell Elementary sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 100 schools in Fresno Unified (67,873 students total), Lowell Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lowell Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, On paper, Lowell Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lowell Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.9%; this one delivers 30.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) records that median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Lowell Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

The closest other public school is School of Unlimited Learning, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lowell Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 30%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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