Pyle Elementary

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Fresno, California, Pyle Elementary enrolls 647 students from grades K through 6, run under Fresno Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Pyle Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Pyle Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school records 10% Asian, 10% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pyle Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fresno County) reports that median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Pyle Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

The closest other public school is Manchester Gate, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pyle Elementary. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pyle Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pyle Elementary has edged down 17%, going from 775 students in 2018 to 647 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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