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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903000917
Tarpey Elementary
2700 Minnewawa Ave., Clovis, CA 93612 · (559) 327-8000 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
496 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
45.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
31.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.4% | 25.0% | 24.1% | 30.4% |
| Math | 13.6% | 17.6% | 36.6% | 32.1% |
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 | 45.5% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 44.6% | 29.9% |
| 2021-22 | 40.8% | 33.1% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 40.5% |
| 2017-18 | 46.8% | 41.5% |
| 2016-17 | 40.5% | 39.2% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Tarpey Elementary
Tarpey Elementary's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarpey Elementary this school | 643 | 77.1% | 38.5% |
| Dr. Jonas E. Salk Anaheim | 627 | 75.1% | 46.8% |
| Agnes M. Baptist Elementary Modesto | 606 | 72.8% | 48.9% |
| Miramonte Elementary Clovis | 539 | 76.1% | 55.7% |
| Corona Ranch Elementary Corona | 769 | 79.6% | 50.2% |
| Linda Elementary Marysville | 613 | 82.2% | 15.9% |
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 Tarpey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #2,629 of 5,151 | #84 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,099 of 5,172 ▲ 48 | #100 of 185 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #2,408 of 5,172 ▼ 173 | #72 of 185 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,860 of 5,116 | #137 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #1,072 of 5,915 | #54 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,380 of 5,352 | #79 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #1,846 of 5,354 | #56 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #2,445 of 5,625 | #126 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #2,470 of 3,837 | #83 of 135 |
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
643
-43 (-6%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 643 | 30.9 | 20.8:1 | 77% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 26.9 | 24.3:1 | 85% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 653 | 28.8 | 22.6:1 | 87% (568) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 86% (587) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 26 | 28.0:1 | 82% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 26 | 28.0:1 | 85% (622) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | N/A | N/A | 74% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 40 | 20.2:1 | 74% (598) |
| 1990-91 | 782 | 31 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tarpey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (728 to 643); teachers up 19% (26 to 30.9).
About Tarpey Elementary
Tarpey Elementary is an elementary school located in Clovis, California, in Fresno County. The school enrolls 643 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Tarpey Elementary sits within Clovis Unified, which has 51 schools and 43,611 students.
About 59% of the student body at Tarpey Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 17% Asian, 14% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.8:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 77% of students at Tarpey Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Tarpey Elementary's results are 4.1 points above predicted: 38.5% against 34.3%.
In the surrounding county, Fresno County, median household income comes to about $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. The county has 368 public schools and about 206,072 students.
The closest school to Tarpey Elementary is Clovis Global Academy, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Tarpey Elementary is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 686 (2020-21) to 643 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 23.7:1 to 20.8:1.
The Tarpey Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Clovis Unified
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 students
Other schools in Clovis
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 students
- Clark IntermediateMiddle · 1,437 students
- Alta Sierra IntermediateMiddle · 1,374 students
Nearby schools
- Clovis Global Academy0.3 mi · 317
- Sierra Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 465
- Viking Elementary1.3 mi · 701
- Miramonte Elementary1.5 mi · 539
- Jefferson Elementary1.6 mi · 556
- Clark Intermediate1.6 mi · 1,437
Frequently asked questions
About Tarpey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Tarpey Elementary?
Tarpey Elementary enrolls approximately 643 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Tarpey Elementary serve?
Tarpey Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Tarpey Elementary have?
Tarpey Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
How diverse is Tarpey Elementary?
Tarpey Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 59% Hispanic, 3% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Tarpey Elementary?
Tarpey Elementary is overseen by Clovis Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.