1
What's something Norseman Elementary does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001756
Norseman Elementary
4636 East Weldon Ave., Fresno, CA 93703 · (559) 253-6500 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
518 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 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
54%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
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.9pp since 2014
Math
23.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.9% | 18.9% | 28.2% | 43.9% |
| Math | 4.7% | 19.0% | 28.7% | 47.7% |
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 | 27.9% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 23.3% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 27.1% | 17.5% |
| 2018-19 | 22.3% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 24.9% | 23.9% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 21.1% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Norseman Elementary
Norseman Elementary's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norseman Elementary this school | 554 | 93.5% | 25.3% |
| Dr. Sammy Lee Medical and Health Science Magnet Elementary Los Angeles | 551 | 92.7% | 56.9% |
| Easterby Elementary Fresno | 613 | 90.0% | 41.1% |
| Leo Carrillo Elementary Westminster | 508 | 90.2% | 37.2% |
| Ericson Elementary Fresno | 722 | 95.4% | 33.7% |
| Bryant Elementary Garden Grove | 571 | 88.3% | 34.5% |
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 Norseman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #4,039 of 5,151 | #147 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #3,918 of 5,172 ▲ 114 | #140 of 185 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #4,189 of 5,172 ▼ 229 | #153 of 185 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,111 of 5,116 | #111 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,817 of 5,915 | #95 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #196 of 5,352 | #18 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #2,404 of 5,354 | #76 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #638 of 5,625 | #52 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #896 of 3,837 | #11 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
554
-172 (-24%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 45.4:1
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 | 554 | 31.7 | 17.5:1 | 94% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 96% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 33.8 | 19.0:1 | 94% (607) |
| 2020-21 | 726 | 16 | 45.4:1 | 96% (694) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | 31 | 23.9:1 | 97% (718) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 32 | 23.0:1 | 96% (706) |
| 2010-11 | 870 | N/A | N/A | 90% (786) |
| 2000-01 | 982 | 50 | 19.6:1 | 88% (866) |
| 1990-91 | 1,003 | 48 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norseman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (740 to 554); teachers up 2% (31 to 31.7).
About Norseman Elementary
Norseman Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 554 students enrolled.
Across its 100 schools, Fresno Unified enrolls 67,873 students. Norseman Elementary is one of those schools.
At Norseman Elementary, Hispanic students make up 62% of the student body. After that, the student body is 26% Asian, 4% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Norseman Elementary employs 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Norseman Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 94%. On average, public schools in Fresno County report 75%.
The allk12 Grade for Norseman Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 24.8%. Norseman Elementary scores 25.3%.
In the county around the school, Fresno County, the median household income is $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 368 public schools in Fresno County, enrolling about 206,072 students in all.
Nearest public school: Ericson Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Norseman Elementary at 6th of 7.
NCES describes the area around Norseman Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Norseman Elementary declined 24% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 726 to 554 students. The ratio was 45.4:1 in 2020-21 and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Fresno Unified
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,175 students
- McLane HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 2,040 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
- Ericson Elementary0.3 mi · 722
- Sierra Charter0.8 mi · 354
- Violet Heintz Education Academy0.8 mi · 59
- McLane High0.8 mi · 2,056
- Ewing Elementary0.9 mi · 842
- Scandinavian Middle0.9 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About Norseman ElementaryHow many students attend Norseman Elementary?
Norseman Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Norseman Elementary serve?
Norseman Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Norseman Elementary have?
Norseman Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Norseman Elementary?
Student demographics at Norseman Elementary are roughly 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 4% Black, 26% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Norseman Elementary in?
Norseman Elementary is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.