Sequoia Elementary

Set in Fresno, California, Sequoia Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus, part of Sanger Unified. It teaches 696 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sequoia Elementary sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

Sanger Unified runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,313 students. Sequoia Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sequoia Elementary lists that 45% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 42% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 11% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sequoia Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.7%; this one delivers 51.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fresno County shows median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Sequoia Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sanger West High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sequoia Elementary. On composite proficiency, Sequoia Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 644 students in 2018 compared to 696 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 36% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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