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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Turner Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001774
Turner Elementary
5218 East Clay Ave., Fresno, CA 93727 · (559) 253-6540 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
548 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 30% larger than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
64%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
26.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.6pp since 2014
Math
17.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.7% | 19.0% | 23.6% | 49.9% |
| Math | 4.2% | 12.9% | 28.6% | 54.2% |
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 | 26.6% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 17.9% |
| 2022-23 | 22.5% | 23.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.4% | 16.2% |
| 2018-19 | 35.4% | 32.9% |
| 2017-18 | 33.5% | 30.0% |
| 2016-17 | 25.9% | 22.1% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Turner Elementary
Turner Elementary's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Elementary this school | 585 | 93.7% | 20.9% |
| Florin Elementary Sacramento | 583 | 91.9% | 23.1% |
| Del Paso Heights Elementary Sacramento | 477 | 93.9% | 18.3% |
| Nicholas Elementary Sacramento | 482 | 89.0% | 17.1% |
| John Reith Elementary Sacramento | 572 | 87.4% | 22.1% |
| Kennedy Elementary Stockton | 511 | 88.5% | 18.6% |
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 Turner Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,504 of 5,151 | #166 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #4,557 of 5,172 ▼ 153 | #172 of 185 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #4,316 of 5,172 ▲ 268 | #159 of 185 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,603 of 5,116 | #133 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #1,528 of 5,915 | #81 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,595 of 5,352 | #84 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #1,329 of 5,354 | #36 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #615 of 5,625 | #50 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #3,396 of 3,837 | #116 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
585
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 43.5:1
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 | 585 | 27.7 | 21.1:1 | 94% (548) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 27.8 | 20.6:1 | 94% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 28.6 | 20.7:1 | 94% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 14 | 43.5:1 | 95% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 25 | 24.4:1 | 96% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 94% (563) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | N/A | N/A | 89% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 938 | 45 | 20.8:1 | 100% (935) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 31 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (611 to 585); teachers up 11% (25 to 27.7).
About Turner Elementary
Turner Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 585 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Across its 100 schools, Fresno Unified enrolls 67,873 students. Turner Elementary is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Turner Elementary is 51% Hispanic. The school is also 29% Asian, 12% Black, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Fresno County is about 55% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Turner Elementary comes in at 64%.
The school has about 21.1 students per teacher and 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 94%. That is higher than the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
allk12 grades Turner Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.6% for Turner Elementary. The school posts 20.9%, 3.8 points below the prediction.
Among Fresno County residents, median household income is about $74,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Turner Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County, which together enroll about 206,072 students.
The next-closest public school is Mollie S. Bakman Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Turner Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Turner Elementary is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 609 to 585. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 43.5:1 to 21.1:1.
Discussions about Turner Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Other Turner Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Turner Elementary. Turner Elementary is the largest of the 12.
- Turner ElementaryAntioch, CA · 436 students
- Turner ElemKansas City, KS · 560 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 526 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolWILLIS, TX · 463 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Mollie S. Bakman Elementary0.3 mi · 722
- Kings Canyon Middle0.8 mi · 862
- Easterby Elementary0.8 mi · 613
- Ewing Elementary0.9 mi · 842
- Sierra Charter1.1 mi · 354
- Violet Heintz Education Academy1.3 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About Turner ElementaryHow large is Turner Elementary?
Turner Elementary enrolls approximately 585 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Turner Elementary serve?
Turner Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Turner Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Turner Elementary is approximately 21.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Turner Elementary?
Student demographics at Turner Elementary are roughly 3% White, 51% Hispanic, 12% Black, 29% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Turner Elementary public or private?
Turner Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.