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Enrollment
628
Elementary
DISTRICT 604 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL UNIFIED·NCES 060797007499
Norman Liddell Elementary
5455 West Alluvial Ave., Fresno, CA 93722 · (559) 276-3176 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
24.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
438 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 123 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 40% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
59.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.4pp since 2014
Math
51.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.9% | 31.5% | 26.1% | 14.6% |
| Math | 23.8% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 20.2% |
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 | 59.4% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 55.1% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 43.1% |
| 2021-22 | 58.7% | 45.8% |
| 2018-19 | 58.9% | 51.6% |
| 2017-18 | 56.3% | 50.3% |
| 2016-17 | 55.4% | 46.5% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Norman Liddell Elementary
Norman Liddell Elementary's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Liddell Elementary this school | 628 | 69.7% | 57.0% |
| Buena Vista Elementary Bakersfield | 713 | 70.8% | 52.1% |
| Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary Tracy | 555 | 67.2% | 35.9% |
| Germain Academy For Academic Achievement Chatsworth | 564 | 69.0% | 43.5% |
| Foothill Elementary Corona | 640 | 70.6% | 42.5% |
| Fairmont Charter Elementary Vacaville | 586 | 69.8% | 23.4% |
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 Norman Liddell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,275 of 5,151 | #29 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,473 of 5,172 ▼ 245 | #41 of 185 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #1,375 of 5,172 ▼ 165 | #36 of 185 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #2,174 of 5,116 | #112 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #1,165 of 5,915 | #61 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,380 of 5,352 | #168 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #792 of 5,354 | #18 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #2,969 of 5,625 | #149 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #2,373 of 3,837 | #76 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
628
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 628 | 25.2 | 24.9:1 | 70% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 25.2 | 24.3:1 | 66% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 25.2 | 24.3:1 | 66% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 25 | 26.2:1 | 47% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 27.2 | 26.4:1 | 52% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 24 | 29.1:1 | 50% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | N/A | N/A | 29% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 33 | 21.0:1 | 20% (141) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norman Liddell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (717 to 628); teachers down 7% (27.2 to 25.2).
About Norman Liddell Elementary
Norman Liddell Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Fresno, California. The school enrolls 628 students, from kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Norman Liddell Elementary falls under Central Unified, which has 24 schools enrolling 15,956 students.
Norman Liddell Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 47%. The remaining students are 23% White, 17% Asian, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. Norman Liddell Elementary's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Norman Liddell Elementary total 25.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school counts 438 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Norman Liddell Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 38.7% for Norman Liddell Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 57.0%. The 18.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of California schools.
Across Fresno County, the median household income is $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. In all, Fresno County has 368 public schools and roughly 206,072 students.
River Bluff Elementary is the public school closest to Norman Liddell Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Norman Liddell Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 57.0% versus a 45.0% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 656 in 2020-21 to 628 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 26.2:1 to 24.9:1.
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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 Central Unified
- Justin Garza HighHigh · 2,095 students
- Central East HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Harvest ElementaryElementary · 1,010 students
- Glacier Point MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Rio Vista MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 762 students
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- River Bluff Elementary1.1 mi · 694
- Rio Vista Middle1.2 mi · 851
- William Saroyan Elementary1.3 mi · 697
- Figarden Elementary1.7 mi · 608
- H. Roger Tatarian Elementary1.8 mi · 470
- Herndon-Barstow Elementary2.0 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About Norman Liddell ElementaryHow large is Norman Liddell Elementary?
Norman Liddell Elementary enrolls approximately 628 students in grades KG-06.
Is Norman Liddell Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Norman Liddell Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norman Liddell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norman Liddell Elementary is approximately 24.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Norman Liddell Elementary?
Norman Liddell Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 47% Hispanic, 8% Black, 17% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Norman Liddell Elementary in?
Norman Liddell Elementary is part of Central Unified.
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