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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Mathew J Brletic Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARLIER UNIFIED·NCES 062991004655
Mathew J Brletic Elementary
601 Third St., Parlier, CA 93648 · (559) 646-3551 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
25.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
388 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.9pp since 2014
Math
15.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.4pp 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 15 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.6% | 21.2% | 31.4% | 40.7% |
| Math | 1.3% | 14.1% | 26.9% | 57.7% |
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 | 27.9% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 19.4% |
| 2022-23 | 27.8% | 16.1% |
| 2021-22 | 26.6% | 15.3% |
| 2020-21 | 13.7% | 4.6% |
| 2018-19 | 23.7% | 20.7% |
| 2017-18 | 22.5% | 16.0% |
| 2016-17 | 27.5% | 20.3% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Mathew J Brletic Elementary
Mathew J Brletic Elementary's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew J Brletic Elementary this school | 407 | 95.3% | 22.5% |
| S Ben Benavidez Elementary Parlier | 409 | 95.6% | 28.7% |
| State Street Elementary South Gate | 396 | 95.2% | 29.3% |
| Heroes Elementary Santa Ana | 396 | 95.7% | 27.0% |
| Independence Elementary South Gate | 418 | 94.7% | 36.8% |
| Mains Elementary Calexico | 408 | 94.1% | 21.7% |
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 Mathew J Brletic Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,334 of 5,151 | #159 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,709 of 5,172 ▼ 471 | #182 of 185 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #4,186 of 5,172 ▼ 35 | #152 of 185 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,138 of 5,116 | #145 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #3,618 of 5,915 | #152 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,631 of 5,352 | #172 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.4% | #5,230 of 5,354 | #186 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #409 of 5,625 | #31 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #1,797 of 3,837 | #44 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
407
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 407 | 16 | 25.4:1 | 95% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 17.1 | 23.9:1 | 94% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 17.3 | 23.7:1 | 96% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 17 | 25.1:1 | 88% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 18 | 27.2:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 19 | 25.9:1 | 99% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | N/A | N/A | 99% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 96% (634) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 22 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mathew J Brletic Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (490 to 407); teachers down 11% (18 to 16).
About Mathew J Brletic Elementary
Mathew J Brletic Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Parlier, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 407 students.
District-wide, Parlier Unified has 7 schools and 3,206 students.
Mathew J Brletic Elementary's enrollment is 98% Hispanic. The school's Hispanic share is 43 points above the 55% share among Fresno County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 4% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mathew J Brletic Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 25.4:1. That is 3.1 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 95%. Public schools in Fresno County average 75%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Mathew J Brletic Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Mathew J Brletic Elementary, the prediction is 23.7% and the result is 22.5%.
Fresno County has these Census figures: the median household income is $74,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. In all, Fresno County has 368 public schools and roughly 206,072 students.
Parlier High is the public school closest to Mathew J Brletic Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Mathew J Brletic Elementary is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment has fallen by 20 students since 2020-21, to 407.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Parlier Unified
- Parlier HighHigh · 901 students
- Parlier Junior HighMiddle · 566 students
- Cesar E Chavez ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- John C Martinez ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- S Ben Benavidez ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- San Joaquin Valley HighHigh · 50 students
Other schools in Parlier
- Parlier HighHigh · 901 students
- Parlier Junior HighMiddle · 566 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 509 students
- Cesar E Chavez ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- John C Martinez ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- S Ben Benavidez ElementaryElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Parlier High0.1 mi · 901
- San Joaquin Valley High0.2 mi · 50
- Parlier Junior High0.5 mi · 566
- Cesar E Chavez Elementary0.5 mi · 439
- S Ben Benavidez Elementary0.8 mi · 409
- John C Martinez Elementary1.4 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Mathew J Brletic ElementaryHow large is Mathew J Brletic Elementary?
Mathew J Brletic Elementary enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mathew J Brletic Elementary serve?
Mathew J Brletic Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Mathew J Brletic Elementary have?
Mathew J Brletic Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.4:1.
How diverse is Mathew J Brletic Elementary?
Mathew J Brletic Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Mathew J Brletic Elementary in?
Mathew J Brletic Elementary is part of Parlier Unified.
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