Webster Elementary

Webster Elementary is a small K-5 school in Fresno, California, operated by Fresno Unified. The school caters to 295 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Webster Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Webster Elementary records that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Asian, 5% Black, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Webster Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 26.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Webster Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Tehipite Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Webster Elementary. On composite proficiency, Webster Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 388 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Webster Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.