Virginia R. Boris Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California, Virginia R. Boris Elementary educates 666 students from grades K through 6, part of Clovis Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Virginia R. Boris Elementary sits 43% larger than that benchmark.

Clovis Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 43,611 students; Virginia R. Boris Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Virginia R. Boris Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 36% Hispanic, 15% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 11% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Virginia R. Boris Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Virginia R. Boris Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Virginia R. Boris Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Janet L. Young Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Virginia R. Boris Elementary. On composite proficiency, Virginia R. Boris Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Virginia R. Boris Elementary has ticked down 3%, going from 684 students in 2018 to 666 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 30% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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