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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001758
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary
110 East Swift Ave., Fresno, CA 93704 · (559) 248-7230 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
19.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
349 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 | 93 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 75% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
48%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
35.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.3pp since 2014
Math
28.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 22.7% | 28.0% | 36.7% |
| Math | 12.0% | 16.8% | 26.4% | 44.7% |
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 | 35.3% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.8% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 21.6% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 30.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.7% | 35.7% |
| 2016-17 | 27.2% | 25.6% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Powers-Ginsburg Elementary
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powers-Ginsburg Elementary this school | 421 | 82.9% | 30.1% |
| Catherine Everett Elementary Modesto | 428 | 80.6% | 26.2% |
| Rhoda Maxwell Elementary Woodland | 395 | 83.5% | 25.2% |
| Capistrano Avenue Elementary West Hills | 415 | 81.0% | 54.2% |
| Louis J. Villalovoz Elementary Tracy | 411 | 79.6% | 30.4% |
| Pablo Tac School of the Arts Oceanside | 425 | 80.0% | 30.0% |
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 Powers-Ginsburg Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,499 of 5,151 | #121 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #3,338 of 5,172 ▲ 196 | #109 of 185 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,409 of 5,172 ▲ 506 | #120 of 185 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.9pp | #1,151 of 5,116 | #61 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #3,408 of 5,915 | #142 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #648 of 5,352 | #53 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #2,881 of 5,354 | #88 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #1,886 of 5,625 | #110 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,733 of 3,837 | #40 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
421
-50 (-11%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 36.2:1
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 | 421 | 21.8 | 19.3:1 | 83% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 21.6 | 19.4:1 | 84% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 22.8 | 18.7:1 | 82% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 13 | 36.2:1 | 83% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 22 | 23.1:1 | 88% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 88% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | N/A | N/A | 85% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 54% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 28 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powers-Ginsburg Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (509 to 421); teachers down 1% (22 to 21.8).
About Powers-Ginsburg Elementary
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in Fresno. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 421 students.
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary is one school in Fresno Unified, a system of 100 schools with 67,873 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Powers-Ginsburg Elementary, with 69% of enrollment. The school is also 16% White, 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 55%. Powers-Ginsburg Elementary's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary operates with 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.3:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 83% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Powers-Ginsburg Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 31.0%.
In Fresno County (population about 1,016,725), the median household income is $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Powers-Ginsburg Elementary is one of 368 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Wawona K-8, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Powers-Ginsburg Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 50 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 19.3 students per teacher, compared with 36.2 in 2020-21.
The Powers-Ginsburg Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Powers-Ginsburg ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Powers-Ginsburg Elementary?
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Powers-Ginsburg Elementary serve?
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Powers-Ginsburg Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Powers-Ginsburg Elementary.
How diverse is Powers-Ginsburg Elementary?
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 69% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Powers-Ginsburg Elementary?
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary is overseen by Fresno Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.