Raisin City Elementary

As a cozy primary school in Raisin City, California, Raisin City Elementary hosts 255 students from grades K through 8, run under Raisin City Elementary. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

Raisin City Elementary sits inside Raisin City Elementary, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Raisin City Elementary logs that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 9% White, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Raisin City Elementary lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Raisin City Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.1%; this one delivers 19.1%.

In the surrounding community, Fresno County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Raisin City Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is American Union Elementary, roughly 4.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Raisin City Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

Raisin City Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Raisin City Elementary has edged down 14%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 93% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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