Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGS CANYON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061970002377
Washington Elementary
1250 K St., Reedley, CA 93654 · (559) 305-7270 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
265 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
50.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.7pp since 2014
Math
59.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +34.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.5% | 28.2% | 26.8% | 22.5% |
| Math | 23.2% | 36.6% | 28.2% | 12.0% |
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 | 50.7% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 45.4% |
| 2022-23 | 39.8% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 42.7% | 31.7% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 17.3% |
| 2018-19 | 38.3% | 35.1% |
| 2017-18 | 34.2% | 33.2% |
| 2016-17 | 33.2% | 27.6% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in California's top 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 Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 288 | 92.0% | 50.3% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Santa Rosa | 305 | 92.1% | 7.3% |
| Laurel Dell Elementary San Rafael | 287 | 93.7% | 43.1% |
| Buttonwillow Elementary Buttonwillow | 288 | 90.6% | 20.2% |
| E. P. Foster Elementary Ventura | 299 | 90.3% | 20.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Reedley | 303 | 92.7% | 56.2% |
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 Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,702 of 5,151 | #50 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,075 of 5,172 ▲ 715 | #17 of 185 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,973 of 5,172 ▲ 272 | #60 of 185 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.1pp | #81 of 5,116 | #3 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #4,861 of 5,915 | #179 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,298 of 5,352 | #115 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #4,365 of 5,354 | #147 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #834 of 5,625 | #61 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #857 of 3,837 | #9 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
288
-52 (-15%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 288 | 13 | 22.1:1 | 92% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 14 | 23.2:1 | 90% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 15 | 22.9:1 | 91% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 16 | 21.3:1 | 86% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 15 | 25.8:1 | 87% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 15 | 27.5:1 | 86% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 81% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 67% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 21 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (387 to 288); teachers down 13% (15 to 13).
About Washington Elementary
In Reedley, California, Washington Elementary is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 288 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 38% smaller than that.
Kings Canyon Joint Unified is made up of 21 schools with 9,696 students in all.
The large majority of students at Washington Elementary, 89%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 6% White and 3% multiracial. Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Washington Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
Federal staffing data show 13 full-time-equivalent teachers at Washington Elementary and a ratio of 22.1:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 92% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Fresno County averages 75%, lower than here.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Washington Elementary is +24.7 points, in the top 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.3%, and the predicted rate is 25.6%.
Census estimates describe Fresno County this way: median household income is about $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 368 public schools in Fresno County, with a combined enrollment of about 206,072.
The school nearest to Washington Elementary is Reedley High, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Washington Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Washington Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 340 in 2020-21 and 288 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Kings Canyon Joint Unified
- Reedley HighHigh · 1,804 students
- Orange Cove HighHigh · 635 students
- Silas BartschElementary · 606 students
- Citrus MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Thomas Law Reed ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- General Grant MiddleMiddle · 526 students
Other schools in Reedley
- Reedley HighHigh · 1,804 students
- Silas BartschElementary · 606 students
- Thomas Law Reed ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- General Grant MiddleMiddle · 526 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Alta ElementaryElementary · 364 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 102nd largest of the 156.
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- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Reedley High0.7 mi · 1,804
- General Grant Middle0.7 mi · 526
- Lincoln Elementary0.7 mi · 303
- Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 477
- Mountain View (Alternative)0.9 mi · 318
- Thomas Law Reed Elementary1.2 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow many students attend Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Washington Elementary serve?
Washington Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary have?
Washington Elementary employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
How diverse is Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Washington Elementary public or private?
Washington Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kings Canyon Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.