Roger S. Oraze Elementary

Roger S. Oraze Elementary is a roomy elementary-level community in Fresno, California, run under Clovis Unified. The school caters to 868 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 87% above typical.

Within Clovis Unified, which oversees 51 schools and 43,611 students, Roger S. Oraze Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Roger S. Oraze Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Asian, 22% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 50% of students at Roger S. Oraze Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roger S. Oraze Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fresno County put 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 Roger S. Oraze Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Miramonte Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roger S. Oraze Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roger S. Oraze Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 852 students in 2018 to 868 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 29% to 22%. Class-load math has fell: from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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