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What's something Sequoia Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANGER UNIFIED·NCES 063525012753
Sequoia Elementary
1820 South Armstrong Ave., Fresno, CA 93727 · (559) 524-7500 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
442 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (97).
Student demographics
61%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
60.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.5pp since 2014
Math
55.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.6% | 28.9% | 20.5% | 19.0% |
| Math | 28.9% | 26.6% | 24.6% | 20.0% |
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 | 60.5% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 47.8% |
| 2022-23 | 47.9% | 40.4% |
| 2021-22 | 50.3% | 37.2% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 44.9% |
| 2017-18 | 50.8% | 39.0% |
| 2016-17 | 47.4% | 48.5% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sequoia Elementary
Sequoia Elementary's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Elementary this school | 696 | 63.5% | 54.9% |
| Guy Jr. Emanuele Elementary Union City | 746 | 62.9% | 39.6% |
| Eagle Canyon Elementary Chino Hills | 631 | 61.3% | 72.3% |
| Southgate Elementary Hayward | 581 | 63.9% | 49.6% |
| Ramona Elementary Alhambra | 650 | 60.0% | 56.8% |
| Stanley G. Oswalt Academy Walnut | 879 | 56.8% | 62.4% |
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 Sequoia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,413 of 5,151 | #34 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,285 of 5,172 ▲ 361 | #33 of 185 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,287 of 5,172 ▲ 219 | #31 of 185 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.2pp | #219 of 5,116 | #13 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #782 of 5,915 | #35 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,997 of 5,352 | #158 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #1,714 of 5,354 | #52 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #3,306 of 5,625 | #160 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #596 of 1,139 | #28 of 49 |
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
696
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 696 | 28.6 | 24.3:1 | 64% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 692 | 28.4 | 24.3:1 | 60% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 26 | 25.8:1 | 61% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 27 | 26.4:1 | 55% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 28.2 | 22.8:1 | 65% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 20 | 26.1:1 | 63% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (644 to 696); teachers up 1% (28.2 to 28.6).
About Sequoia Elementary
Sequoia Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California, administered by Sanger Unified. Enrolled students number 696 students, in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 50% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Sanger Unified has a total of 20 schools and 13,313 students, Sequoia Elementary among them.
Sequoia Elementary has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 45%. Other students are 42% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Fresno County residents are about 11% Asian. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 24.3 students per teacher and 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.0 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 64%. That rate is below the 75% average among public schools in Fresno County.
Sequoia Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (54.9%) and its predicted rate (42.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Fresno County has about 1,016,725 residents, and the median household income is $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Sequoia Elementary, Fresno County has 367 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Sanger West High, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.5% proficiency; Sequoia Elementary posts 54.9%.
NCES describes the area around Sequoia Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 712 in 2020-21, 696 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 24.3 students per teacher, compared with 26.4 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Sanger Unified
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Sanger West HighHigh · 1,438 students
- John S. Wash ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Lone Star ElementaryElementary · 672 students
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Other Sequoia Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sequoia Elementary. Sequoia Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Sequoia ElementaryManteca, CA · 814 students
- Sequoia ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 594 students
- Sequoia ElementaryShafter, CA · 534 students
- Sequoia ElementaryOakland, CA · 452 students
- Sequoia ElementaryWestminster, CA · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Sanger West High0.5 mi · 1,438
- Lone Star Elementary1.0 mi · 672
- John S. Wash Elementary1.6 mi · 838
- Phoenix Secondary2.3 mi · 53
- Fancher Creek Elementary2.3 mi · 649
- Edith B. Storey Elementary2.5 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoia ElementaryHow large is Sequoia Elementary?
Sequoia Elementary enrolls approximately 696 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sequoia Elementary serve?
Sequoia Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sequoia Elementary?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Sequoia Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sequoia Elementary?
At Sequoia Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 42% Hispanic, 2% Black, 45% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sequoia Elementary public or private?
Sequoia Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sanger Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.