Orange Center Elementary

Located at 3530 South Cherry Ave., in Fresno, California, Orange Center Elementary is a compact primary school that hosts 261 students (grades K through 8), run under Orange Center. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Orange Center Elementary sits 44% leaner than that benchmark.

Orange Center is the operating authority for Orange Center Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Orange Center Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Other groups include 8% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Orange Center Elementary lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Orange Center Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household income runs about $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Orange Center Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Fresno Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orange Center Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Orange Center Elementary's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 261). Asian enrollment moved from 20% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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