Slater Elementary

Slater Elementary is an elementary-level community of high-enrollment scale in Fresno, California, operated by Fresno Unified, works with 752 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 62% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Slater Elementary is one of 100 schools operated by Fresno Unified, a district that caters to 67,873 students overall.

On demographics, Slater Elementary lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 9% Asian, 7% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Slater Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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), Slater Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.0%, the actual is 26.4%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Fresno County reports that median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Slater Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Aspen Valley Prep Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Slater Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 20%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 18% to 14%. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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