Norman Liddell Elementary

Norman Liddell Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Fresno, California, part of Central Unified, with 628 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Norman Liddell Elementary sits 35% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Central Unified, which oversees 24 schools and 15,956 students, Norman Liddell Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Norman Liddell Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 23% White, 17% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Norman Liddell Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.0%; actual is 58.2%, +20.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Norman Liddell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

River Bluff Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Norman Liddell Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Norman Liddell Elementary has declined 12%, going from 717 students in 2018 to 628 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 36% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

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