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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mollie S. Bakman Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455010777
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary
580 North Helm, Fresno, CA 93727 · (559) 253-6610 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- CThree-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
21.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
676 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 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
46%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
24.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.2pp since 2014
Math
20.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 5 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 | 6.3% | 17.9% | 27.0% | 48.7% |
| Math | 5.1% | 15.1% | 29.3% | 50.5% |
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 | 24.2% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 20.5% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 25.5% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 23.3% | 20.8% |
| 2017-18 | 22.9% | 17.3% |
| 2016-17 | 17.8% | 14.7% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Mollie S. Bakman Elementary
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mollie S. Bakman Elementary this school | 722 | 93.6% | 22.3% |
| Ericson Elementary Fresno | 722 | 95.4% | 33.7% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary San Diego | 705 | 97.6% | 21.6% |
| Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary Fresno | 622 | 89.9% | 28.8% |
| North Elementary Tracy | 722 | 92.1% | 17.3% |
| Birney Elementary Fresno | 731 | 94.7% | 35.3% |
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 Mollie S. Bakman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,361 of 5,151 | #162 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #4,282 of 5,172 ▼ 166 | #157 of 185 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #4,553 of 5,172 ▼ 283 | #170 of 185 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,240 of 5,116 | #148 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #653 of 5,915 | #28 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,776 of 5,352 | #95 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #3,073 of 5,354 | #95 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #623 of 5,625 | #51 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #2,328 of 3,837 | #74 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
722
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 46.4:1
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 | 722 | 33.7 | 21.4:1 | 94% (676) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 34.7 | 20.7:1 | 93% (671) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 34.5 | 20.9:1 | 94% (681) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 16 | 46.4:1 | 94% (702) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 32 | 25.8:1 | 94% (775) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 34 | 24.7:1 | 90% (758) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | N/A | N/A | 88% (668) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mollie S. Bakman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (827 to 722); teachers up 5% (32 to 33.7).
About Mollie S. Bakman Elementary
A large elementary school in Fresno, California, Mollie S. Bakman Elementary is part of Fresno Unified. The school had 722 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary falls under Fresno Unified, which has 100 schools enrolling 67,873 students.
Roughly 71% of students at Mollie S. Bakman Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 18% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% White. By comparison, Fresno County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Mollie S. Bakman Elementary's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Mollie S. Bakman Elementary total 33.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.4:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 94%. Among public schools in Fresno County, the average eligibility rate is 75%.
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.7% for Mollie S. Bakman Elementary. The school posts 22.3%, 2.4 points below the prediction.
Fresno County has about 1,016,725 residents, and the median household income is $74,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. In all, Fresno County has 368 public schools and roughly 206,072 students.
Turner Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Mollie S. Bakman Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 22.3% is below the 31.5% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Mollie S. Bakman Elementary as City: Large.
The school enrolled 722 students in 2024-25, 21 fewer than the 743 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.4:1) than in 2020-21 (46.4:1).
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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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Frequently asked questions
About Mollie S. Bakman ElementaryHow many students attend Mollie S. Bakman Elementary?
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary enrolls approximately 722 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mollie S. Bakman Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Mollie S. Bakman Elementary?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Mollie S. Bakman Elementary.
How diverse is Mollie S. Bakman Elementary?
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 71% Hispanic, 6% Black, 18% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mollie S. Bakman Elementary public or private?
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.