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Which teacher or staff member at Maple Creek Elementary deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903004482
Maple Creek Elementary
2025 East Teague Ave., Fresno, CA 93720 · (559) 327-7300 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
23.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
259 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
65.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
56.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.0% | 25.4% | 18.4% | 16.2% |
| Math | 30.8% | 25.7% | 24.4% | 19.1% |
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 | 65.4% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 56.8% |
| 2022-23 | 68.7% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.4% | 60.1% |
| 2018-19 | 79.2% | 72.5% |
| 2017-18 | 78.7% | 68.2% |
| 2016-17 | 71.5% | 63.2% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Maple Creek Elementary
Maple Creek Elementary's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Creek Elementary this school | 536 | 48.3% | 61.4% |
| Pauba Valley Elementary Temecula | 510 | 47.8% | 58.4% |
| Ellen Feickert Elementary Elk Grove | 541 | 49.7% | 53.3% |
| Cobblestone Elementary Plumas Lake | 590 | 44.4% | 45.6% |
| Liberty Elementary Fresno | 618 | 44.7% | 82.4% |
| Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies Northridge | 610 | 44.1% | 68.9% |
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 Maple Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #1,050 of 5,151 | #18 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,230 of 5,172 ▼ 85 | #28 of 185 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #1,000 of 5,172 ▼ 223 | #19 of 185 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #508 of 5,116 | #11 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #2,017 of 5,915 | #100 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,290 of 5,352 | #146 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #424 of 5,354 | #3 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #3,985 of 5,625 | #178 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #1,940 of 3,837 | #54 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
536
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 536 | 22.9 | 23.4:1 | 48% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 24.6 | 21.0:1 | 41% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 25 | 22.0:1 | 41% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 21 | 26.5:1 | 54% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 23 | 27.6:1 | 33% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 25 | 27.8:1 | 34% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | N/A | N/A | 19% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 796 | 35 | 22.7:1 | 12% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maple Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (636 to 536); teachers unchanged (23 to 22.9).
About Maple Creek Elementary
Maple Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Fresno, California. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 536 students enrolled.
The 51 schools in Clovis Unified enroll 43,611 students altogether, Maple Creek Elementary among them.
No group is above 50% at Maple Creek Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 39%. The school is also 31% White, 15% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is higher, at 55%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Maple Creek Elementary scores 72%.
With 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Maple Creek Elementary, 48% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fresno County is 75%.
Among California public elementary schools, Maple Creek Elementary outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Maple Creek Elementary's results are 10.2 points above predicted: 61.4% against 51.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Fresno County show that the median household earns about $74,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Fresno County, 368 public schools serve about 206,072 students.
Mountain View Elementary is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Maple Creek Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.0%; Maple Creek Elementary's is 61.4%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 21 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 26.5:1 to 23.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Maple Creek Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Clovis Unified
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 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
Other Maple Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Maple Creek Elementary. Maple Creek Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Maple Creek ElementaryKorbel, CA · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary0.9 mi · 611
- Clovis West High0.9 mi · 2,184
- Fort Washington Elementary1.2 mi · 568
- Copper Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 601
- Liberty Elementary1.4 mi · 618
- Garfield Center1.5 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Maple Creek ElementaryHow large is Maple Creek Elementary?
Maple Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 536 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Maple Creek Elementary serve?
Maple Creek Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maple Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maple Creek Elementary is approximately 23.4:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maple Creek Elementary?
At Maple Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 39% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Maple Creek Elementary public or private?
Maple Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clovis Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.