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What's the state of after-school transportation at Wishon Elementary?
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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001781
Wishon Elementary
3857 East Harvard Ave., Fresno, CA 93703 · (559) 248-7330 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
18.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
461 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 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
43%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
36.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
25.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.7% | 21.7% | 24.3% | 39.3% |
| Math | 7.0% | 18.0% | 31.6% | 43.4% |
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 | 36.4% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.5% | 25.6% |
| 2021-22 | 38.6% | 27.1% |
| 2018-19 | 42.6% | 41.4% |
| 2017-18 | 49.2% | 45.3% |
| 2016-17 | 33.0% | 29.1% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Wishon Elementary
Wishon Elementary's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishon Elementary this school | 497 | 92.8% | 31.9% |
| Central Elementary Tracy | 491 | 90.2% | 22.9% |
| Westfield Village Elementary West Sacramento | 515 | 92.8% | 17.2% |
| Commonwealth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 88.7% | 42.0% |
| Rowland Elementary Rowland Heights | 461 | 91.1% | 16.6% |
| Aynesworth Elementary Fresno | 523 | 93.7% | 16.6% |
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 Wishon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,288 of 5,151 | #113 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #3,766 of 5,172 ▼ 693 | #134 of 185 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,280 of 5,172 ▼ 94 | #112 of 185 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #1,183 of 5,116 | #23 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #2,467 of 5,915 | #114 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #277 of 5,352 | #24 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #3,266 of 5,354 | #102 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #739 of 5,625 | #54 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #1,536 of 3,837 | #32 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
497
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 42.0:1
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 | 497 | 27.5 | 18.1:1 | 93% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 26.4 | 19.3:1 | 94% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 93% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 12 | 42.0:1 | 92% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 95% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 24 | 25.2:1 | 94% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | N/A | N/A | 88% (555) |
| 2000-01 | 759 | 37 | 20.5:1 | 88% (667) |
| 1990-91 | 737 | 28 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wishon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (613 to 497); teachers up 2% (27 to 27.5).
About Wishon Elementary
Wishon Elementary, located in Fresno, California, is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 497 students.
Wishon Elementary is one school in a 100-school district, Fresno Unified, which enrolls 67,873 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Wishon Elementary is 74%, a majority. Smaller groups are 12% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Fresno County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Of all students at Wishon Elementary, 93% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Fresno County, the average is 75%.
Wishon Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.2% at Wishon Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.9%.
In the wider Fresno County area, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Across Fresno County, 368 public schools serve about 206,072 students.
McLane High is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Wishon Elementary places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 497, close to the 504 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 42.0 to 18.1 over 4 years.
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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 Fresno Unified
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,175 students
- McLane HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 2,040 students
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- McLane High0.3 mi · 2,056
- Carter G. Woodson Public Charter0.6 mi · 364
- Birney Elementary0.8 mi · 731
- Erma Duncan Polytechnical High0.8 mi · 1,186
- Centennial Elementary0.9 mi · 741
- Mayfair Elementary0.9 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About Wishon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wishon Elementary?
Wishon Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Wishon Elementary serve?
Wishon Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Wishon Elementary?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Wishon Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Wishon Elementary?
Student demographics at Wishon Elementary are roughly 5% White, 74% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Wishon Elementary in?
Wishon Elementary is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.