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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455011998
Mario G. Olmos Elementary
550 South Garden Ave., Fresno, CA 93727 · (559) 253-6620 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- BThree-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
21.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
517 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 31% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
32%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
27.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.7pp since 2014
Math
19.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.3% | 18.4% | 21.3% | 51.0% |
| Math | 4.8% | 14.5% | 24.4% | 56.3% |
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 | 27.7% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 22.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 20.7% |
| 2021-22 | 24.1% | 15.7% |
| 2018-19 | 28.4% | 27.2% |
| 2017-18 | 25.4% | 22.6% |
| 2016-17 | 20.6% | 16.1% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Mario G. Olmos Elementary
Mario G. Olmos Elementary's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario G. Olmos Elementary this school | 536 | 96.5% | 24.7% |
| Calwa Elementary Fresno | 568 | 95.8% | 24.3% |
| Miguel Hidalgo Elementary Fresno | 572 | 98.3% | 16.0% |
| Plummer Elementary North Hills | 600 | 95.5% | 28.8% |
| Lane Elementary Fresno | 555 | 95.1% | 28.1% |
| West Fresno Elementary Fresno | 594 | 94.9% | 22.3% |
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 Mario G. Olmos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #4,111 of 5,151 | #150 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #4,361 of 5,172 ▼ 483 | #158 of 185 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #4,201 of 5,172 ▼ 285 | #154 of 185 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #2,088 of 5,116 | #108 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #2,019 of 5,915 | #101 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,934 of 5,352 | #101 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #3,869 of 5,354 | #127 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #264 of 5,625 | #18 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #398 of 3,837 | #3 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
-137 (-20%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 48.1:1
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 | 24.7 | 21.7:1 | 96% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 26.2 | 21.1:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 29.8 | 19.9:1 | 99% (587) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 14 | 48.1:1 | 99% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 30 | 26.5:1 | 98% (777) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | 35 | 23.4:1 | 97% (796) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | N/A | N/A | 91% (671) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mario G. Olmos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (795 to 536); teachers down 18% (30 to 24.7).
About Mario G. Olmos Elementary
Mario G. Olmos Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Fresno, California. Total enrollment is 536 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6.
Mario G. Olmos Elementary is one of the 100 schools that make up Fresno Unified (67,873 students in total).
Hispanic students are 82% of those enrolled at Mario G. Olmos Elementary. The remaining shares are 10% Asian and 4% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Fresno County's population at about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The school's 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. At Mario G. Olmos Elementary, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fresno County is 75%.
Among California public elementary schools, Mario G. Olmos Elementary outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 23.0% at Mario G. Olmos Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.7%.
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.
Burroughs Elementary is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Mario G. Olmos Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Mario G. Olmos Elementary is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Mario G. Olmos Elementary is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 137 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 48.1:1 to 21.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Mario G. Olmos Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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Nearby schools
- Burroughs Elementary0.5 mi · 674
- Lane Elementary0.6 mi · 555
- David L. Greenberg Elementary0.7 mi · 490
- Kings Canyon Middle0.8 mi · 862
- Roosevelt High1.0 mi · 2,175
- Easterby Elementary1.0 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Mario G. Olmos ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mario G. Olmos Elementary?
Mario G. Olmos Elementary enrolls approximately 536 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mario G. Olmos Elementary serve?
Mario G. Olmos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Mario G. Olmos Elementary have?
Mario G. Olmos Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mario G. Olmos Elementary?
Student demographics at Mario G. Olmos Elementary are roughly 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mario G. Olmos Elementary?
Mario G. Olmos Elementary is overseen by Fresno Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.