Summary:
Harvest Elementary is a public elementary school located in Fresno, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 972 students. It is part of the Central Unified School District, which is ranked 896 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Harvest Elementary's academic performance, as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally below the Central Unified district and the state of California averages across various grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy at the end-of-course level was 37.57% for Harvest Elementary, compared to 41.78% for Central Unified and 47.04% for California. Similarly, in Mathematics, the end-of-course proficiency rate for Harvest Elementary was 30.39%, compared to 28.68% for Central Unified and 35.54% for California. Harvest Elementary's performance is particularly low in the 3rd and 4th grade levels, where the proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly below the district and state averages. Additionally, Harvest Elementary has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 25.9% of students chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the district average of 24.2% and the state average of 19.6%.
When comparing Harvest Elementary to other nearby schools within the Central Unified district, it becomes evident that Harvest is performing below the average of these schools. For example, Herndon-Barstow Elementary and Central Elementary, which are both within a 2.5-mile radius of Harvest, have significantly higher academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics that are 10-20 percentage points higher than Harvest. These nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates and serve a smaller proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 74.69% of Harvest students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, compared to the district average of 79.27% and the state average of 59.5%.
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Detail:
Public K-6
District:
Central Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
3207th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $4,995
Students who attend Harvest Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 28.5
Number of students: 972
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
54.0%
Asian:
27.0%
White:
10.7%
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African American:
5.0%
Two or more races:
2.5%
Pacific Islander:
0.5%
American Indian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 74.7%
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