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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903008811
Mickey Cox Elementary
2191 Sierra Ave., Clovis, CA 93611 · (559) 327-6400 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
331 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 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (89).
Student demographics
66%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
63.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.6pp since 2014
Math
58.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 11 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 | 40.3% | 23.3% | 20.7% | 15.7% |
| Math | 32.2% | 26.6% | 20.7% | 20.4% |
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 | 63.6% | 58.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 53.4% |
| 2022-23 | 58.5% | 50.5% |
| 2021-22 | 56.7% | 48.5% |
| 2018-19 | 65.0% | 69.1% |
| 2017-18 | 62.6% | 67.2% |
| 2016-17 | 57.0% | 63.4% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Mickey Cox Elementary
Mickey Cox Elementary's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Cox Elementary this school | 639 | 51.8% | 59.8% |
| Pinetree Community Elementary Canyon Country | 650 | 50.9% | 52.9% |
| Gettysburg Elementary Clovis | 626 | 53.0% | 58.6% |
| Endeavour School of Exploration Victorville | 668 | 54.0% | 52.9% |
| Tomas Rivera Elementary Riverside | 699 | 54.6% | 52.6% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary Fullerton | 554 | 52.7% | 43.6% |
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 Mickey Cox Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #1,127 of 5,151 | #20 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #1,121 of 5,172 ▲ 201 | #20 of 185 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #1,112 of 5,172 ▼ 93 | #22 of 185 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #808 of 5,116 | #44 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #1,099 of 5,915 | #56 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,334 of 5,352 | #117 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #1,169 of 5,354 | #31 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #3,837 of 5,625 | #175 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #1,029 of 1,139 | #46 of 49 |
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
639
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 639 | 28.8 | 22.2:1 | 52% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 27 | 24.6:1 | 62% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 27.9 | 22.9:1 | 63% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 26 | 24.8:1 | 66% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 24 | 26.3:1 | 51% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 22 | 27.2:1 | 53% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | N/A | N/A | 41% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 31 | 21.2:1 | 28% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 776 | 32 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mickey Cox Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (631 to 639); teachers up 20% (24 to 28.8).
About Mickey Cox Elementary
Mickey Cox Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Clovis Unified, located in Clovis, California. Enrollment stands at 639 students, covering kindergarten through 6. It has 37% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Clovis Unified runs 51 schools with a combined 43,611 students. Mickey Cox Elementary is one of them.
About 48% of students at Mickey Cox Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 31% White, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. At Mickey Cox Elementary, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Fresno County averages 75%, higher than here.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mickey Cox Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.8%; the prediction is 49.2%.
Looking at the county, Fresno County, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Mickey Cox Elementary, Fresno County has 368 public schools.
Clovis Community Day Secondary is the nearest public school to Mickey Cox Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Mickey Cox Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mickey Cox Elementary is 2nd of 4 on proficiency.
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 went from 644 in 2020-21 to 639 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students. The school's ratio dropped from 24.8:1 to 22.2:1 between 2020-21 and 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 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 Clovis
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 students
- Clark IntermediateMiddle · 1,437 students
- Alta Sierra IntermediateMiddle · 1,374 students
Nearby schools
- Clovis Community Day Secondary0.6 mi · 56
- Clovis Community Day Elementary0.6 mi · 3
- Clovis Online Charter0.7 mi · 797
- Enterprise Alternative0.8 mi · 50
- Gateway High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 215
- Cedarwood Elementary0.9 mi · 848
Frequently asked questions
About Mickey Cox ElementaryHow large is Mickey Cox Elementary?
Mickey Cox Elementary enrolls approximately 639 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mickey Cox Elementary serve?
Mickey Cox Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Mickey Cox Elementary have?
Mickey Cox Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Mickey Cox Elementary?
Student demographics at Mickey Cox Elementary are roughly 31% White, 48% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mickey Cox Elementary in?
Mickey Cox Elementary is part of Clovis Unified.
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