Nelson Elementary

Nelson Elementary, a mid-tier primary school in Pinedale, California, one of the schools within Clovis Unified, caters to 466 students, covering grades K through 6.

Clovis Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 43,611 students; Nelson Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Nelson Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 25% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Nelson Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nelson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Nelson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Starr Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nelson Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 552 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 27.5:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.