Enrollment
192
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOWLER UNIFIED·NCES 061425001640
Malaga Elementary
3910 South Ward Ave., Fresno, CA 93725 · (559) 834-6140 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
171 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 42 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Malaga Elementary→John Sutter Middle
Based on grade levels within Fowler Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
29.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 21.5% | 23.7% | 38.7% |
| Math | 6.5% | 22.6% | 31.2% | 39.8% |
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 | 37.6% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 30.2% |
| 2022-23 | 46.3% | 38.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.9% | 35.7% |
| 2020-21 | 36.7% | 24.7% |
| 2018-19 | 42.5% | 36.7% |
| 2017-18 | 56.8% | 47.9% |
| 2016-17 | 45.0% | 38.3% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Malaga Elementary
Malaga Elementary's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaga Elementary this school | 192 | 89.1% | 33.1% |
| Mountain View San Diego | 195 | 87.2% | 30.2% |
| Lake Marie Elementary Whittier | 186 | 87.1% | 34.1% |
| Soto Street Elementary Los Angeles | 186 | 87.1% | 44.4% |
| Glenwood Elementary Sun Valley | 189 | 92.1% | 29.2% |
| Equitas Academy 5 Los Angeles | 184 | 89.7% | 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 Malaga Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #3,155 of 5,151 | #104 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,326 of 5,172 ▼ 275 | #107 of 185 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #3,168 of 5,172 ▼ 312 | #103 of 185 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #351 of 5,116 | #6 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #5,382 of 5,915 | #193 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #1,217 of 5,625 | #83 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #1,792 of 3,837 | #43 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
192
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 305
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 192 | 10 | 19.2:1 | 89% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 9 | 20.9:1 | 93% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 10 | 18.5:1 | 95% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 188 | 10 | 18.8:1 | 84% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 12 | 19.3:1 | 88% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 12 | 20.1:1 | 87% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | N/A | N/A | 90% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 12 | 19.0:1 | 95% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 305 | 13 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malaga Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (231 to 192); teachers down 17% (12 to 10).
About Malaga Elementary
Federal records list Malaga Elementary as an elementary school in Fresno, California. The school serves 192 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Within Fowler Unified, Malaga Elementary is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 2,563 students.
At Malaga Elementary, Hispanic students make up 90% of the student body. It is also 6% White and 3% Asian. Fresno County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Malaga Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
Its teaching staff equals 10 full-time positions, a ratio of 19.2:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Around 89% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 14 points above the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 27.4%.
Census estimates describe Fresno County this way: median household income is about $74,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Fresno County number 368 and enroll about 206,072.
The closest public school, Alice M. Worsley, is about 1.4 miles from Malaga Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 29.6%; Malaga Elementary's is 33.1%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 188 in 2020-21, 192 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Fowler Unified
- Fowler HighHigh · 807 students
- John Sutter MiddleMiddle · 579 students
- Marshall ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Fremont ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Fowler Academy ContinuationHigh · 22 students
- Fowler Academy Independent StudyCombined · 4 students
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- Alice M. Worsley1.4 mi · 79
- Calwa Elementary2.2 mi · 568
- Aynesworth Elementary2.3 mi · 523
- Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary2.4 mi · 630
- Elizabeth Terronez Middle2.5 mi · 659
- Edith B. Storey Elementary2.5 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Malaga ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Malaga Elementary?
Malaga Elementary enrolls approximately 192 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Malaga Elementary serve?
Malaga Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Malaga Elementary?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Malaga Elementary.
How diverse is Malaga Elementary?
Malaga Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 3% Asian.
Who oversees Malaga Elementary?
Malaga Elementary is overseen by Fowler Unified in Fresno County.
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