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What's the biggest difference between Weldon Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903000919
Weldon Elementary
150 DeWitt Ave., Clovis, CA 93612 · (559) 327-8300 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
396 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 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
65%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
55.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.3pp since 2014
Math
37.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.3% | 34.1% | 21.3% | 23.4% |
| Math | 15.8% | 21.7% | 30.9% | 31.6% |
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 | 55.3% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.4% | 22.6% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 25.2% |
| 2018-19 | 52.6% | 45.8% |
| 2017-18 | 53.0% | 42.3% |
| 2016-17 | 55.5% | 48.9% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Weldon Elementary
Weldon Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon Elementary this school | 538 | 73.6% | 40.8% |
| Covillaud Elementary Marysville | 518 | 73.0% | 41.2% |
| Columbia Elementary Bakersfield | 601 | 69.7% | 40.0% |
| Walter M. Brown Elementary Turlock | 645 | 72.9% | 22.3% |
| Ronald Reagan Elementary Wildomar | 508 | 71.9% | 30.8% |
| Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary Menifee | 664 | 70.6% | 36.7% |
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 Weldon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,410 of 5,151 | #74 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,486 of 5,172 ▲ 704 | #77 of 185 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,669 of 5,172 ▲ 1,114 | #48 of 185 ▲ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.8pp | #401 of 5,116 | #20 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #1,996 of 5,915 | #99 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,516 of 5,352 | #83 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #1,295 of 5,354 | #35 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #2,722 of 5,625 | #136 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #1,559 of 3,837 | #34 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
538
-65 (-11%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 538 | 25.6 | 21.0:1 | 74% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 24.1 | 22.9:1 | 81% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 25.6 | 21.7:1 | 83% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 23 | 26.2:1 | 81% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 24.5 | 27.0:1 | 74% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 22 | 28.9:1 | 76% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | N/A | N/A | 62% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 65% (441) |
| 1990-91 | 756 | 31 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weldon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (662 to 538); teachers up 4% (24.5 to 25.6).
About Weldon Elementary
Weldon Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, located in Clovis. The school enrolls 538 students in kindergarten through 6.
Clovis Unified oversees Weldon Elementary and 50 other schools, with 43,611 students in total.
About 50% of students at Weldon Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 31% White, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The school has 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.0 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Of all students at Weldon Elementary, 74% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Fresno County is similar, at 75%.
Weldon Elementary is 4.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.8% versus 36.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
For the population of Fresno County, median household income comes to about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Fresno County's 368 public schools enroll about 206,072 students and include Weldon Elementary.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Clark Intermediate, is the closest to Weldon Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 40.8% is below the 45.3% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 538 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 603. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.2:1 to 21.0:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Weldon Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Weldon Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Weldon Elementary. Weldon Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Weldon Elementary SchoolGLADEWATER, TX · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Intermediate0.6 mi · 1,437
- Sierra Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 465
- Cole Elementary1.0 mi · 667
- Enterprise Alternative1.2 mi · 50
- Gateway High (Continuation)1.2 mi · 215
- Clovis Online Charter1.2 mi · 797
Frequently asked questions
About Weldon ElementaryHow many students attend Weldon Elementary?
Weldon Elementary enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Weldon Elementary serve?
Weldon Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Weldon Elementary?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Weldon Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Weldon Elementary?
Student demographics at Weldon Elementary are roughly 31% White, 50% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Weldon Elementary?
Weldon 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.