Is Norseman Elementary a good school?

Norseman Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Norseman Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 616 students attended Norseman Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Norseman Elementary?

Students at Norseman Elementary are 58% Hispanic, 29% Asian, 5% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% White.

What schools do graduates of Norseman Elementary attend?

Students who attend Norseman Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Scandinavian Middle High : McLane High

Norseman Elementary

Summary:

Norseman Elementary is a public elementary school in Fresno, California, serving 643 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Fresno Unified school district, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Norseman Elementary faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates that have risen from 15.4% in 2017-2018 to 33.3% in 2022-2023, well above the district and state averages. Academically, the school consistently performs below the Fresno Unified and California state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in 2023-2024, only 28.45% of Norseman students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 34.72% for Fresno Unified and 47.04% for the state. The school also struggles to support certain student subgroups, particularly Asian and Disabled students, who rank in the bottom 10-20% of California elementary schools in their respective categories.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Ewing Elementary, Ann B. Leavenworth, and Wishon Elementary, Norseman Elementary is underperforming across multiple metrics, including academic achievement, student group performance, and socioeconomic factors. The high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, as well as the large population of English Language Learners and Disabled students, suggest that Norseman Elementary may face unique challenges, but also present opportunities for the school to develop tailored strategies and programs to address the specific needs of its student population and improve overall academic outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-6

4636 East Weldon Ave.
Fresno, CA 93703-2713

(559) 253-6500

District: Fresno Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4493^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,112

Students who attend Norseman Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Scandinavian Middle
High:	McLane High

Student/teacher ratio: 19.2

Number of students: 616

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

58.1%

Asian:

28.6%

African American:

5.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Norseman Elementary ranks worse than 76.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 46^th among 67 ranked elementary schools in the Fresno Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.69. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (58.1%), Asian (28.6%), African American (5.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Norseman Elementary is 19.2, which is the 28^th best among 67 elementary schools in the Fresno Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Norseman Elementary is $9,112, which is the 22^nd highest among 67 elementary schools in the Fresno Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Norseman Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Norseman Elementary 4493^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Norseman Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Fresno Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Fresno Unified 1082^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Norseman Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	8.97	4720^th	4809	1.9%
2005	8.71	4709^th	4822	2.3%
2006	10.27	4616^th	4818	4.2%
2007	12.27	4807^th	5113	6.0%
2008	14.29	4697^th	5113	8.1%
2009	23.18	4197^th	5193	19.2%
2010	15.82	4863^rd	5314	8.5%
2011	10.95	5173^rd	5377	3.8%
2012	11.96	5125^th	5390	4.9%
2013	10.17	5284^th	5530	4.4%
2015	12.51	5319^th	5611	5.2%
2016	12.06	5302^nd	5614	5.6%
2017	21.25	4580^th	5692	19.5%
2018	19.05	4757^th	5662	16.0%
2019	15.48	5204^th	5789	10.1%
2022	21.16	4726^th	5883	19.7%
2023	20.31	4820^th	5874	17.9%
2024	23.69	4493^rd	5862	23.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.56	1904^th	3246	41.3%
2019	26.27	2759^th	3275	15.8%
2022	37.06	2036^th	3311	38.5%
2023	31.34	2445^th	3250	24.8%
2024	41.12	1739^th	3160	45.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	26.37	2038^th	2634	22.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.27	3978^th	5084	21.8%
2019	21.76	4443^rd	5173	14.1%
2022	30.46	3799^th	5264	27.8%
2023	28.35	4040^th	5374	24.8%
2024	31.18	3831^st	5511	30.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.23	4683^rd	5413	13.5%
2019	17.07	4867^th	5492	11.4%
2022	24.13	4298^th	5635	23.7%
2023	20.27	4679^th	5617	16.7%
2024	25.12	4228^th	5605	24.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.28	2039^th	2128	4.2%
2019	22.89	2186^th	2585	15.4%
2022	35.27	1260^th	2227	43.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.86	4493^rd	5431	17.3%
2019	15.04	5048^th	5510	8.4%
2022	20.23	4694^th	5663	17.1%
2023	21.29	4600^th	5650	18.6%
2024	24.27	4331^st	5636	23.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	5.75	1007^th	1071	6.0%
2019	1.63	1124^th	1149	2.2%
2022	1.92	1123^rd	1154	2.7%
2023	2.01	1157^th	1190	2.8%
2024	1.82	1170^th	1203	2.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Norseman Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.42	4078^th	4830	15.6%
2019	19.76	4388^th	4963	11.6%
2022	30.35	3673^rd	5084	27.8%
2023	28.53	3825^th	5098	25.0%
2024	34.32	3394^th	5102	33.5%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Norseman Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	336	32	188	223	2	n/a	n/a	781
1989	353	67	197	252	3	n/a	n/a	872
1990	332	69	216	320	3	n/a	n/a	940
1991	332	74	266	328	3	n/a	n/a	1003
1992	300	96	312	393	2	n/a	n/a	1103
1993	310	64	284	392	2	n/a	n/a	1052
1994	250	79	295	400	0	n/a	n/a	1024
1995	172	52	240	393	5	n/a	n/a	862
1996	172	52	240	393	5	n/a	n/a	862
1997	149	51	257	477	6	n/a	n/a	940
1998	134	79	261	450	5	n/a	n/a	929
1999	151	72	224	461	6	n/a	n/a	914
2000	122	79	253	500	6	n/a	n/a	960
2001	107	82	233	550	10	n/a	n/a	982
2002	99	67	213	561	9	n/a	n/a	949
2003	99	67	213	561	9	n/a	n/a	949
2004	95	78	230	555	6	n/a	n/a	964
2005	84	77	220	552	6	n/a	n/a	939
2006	75	80	196	532	6	n/a	n/a	889
2007	83	79	213	545	6	n/a	n/a	926
2008	77	67	204	563	11	n/a	n/a	922
2009	70	65	175	555	7	3	0	875
2010	80	84	189	568	9	5	0	935
2011	66	73	178	532	2	7	12	870
2012	57	71	182	573	1	3	7	894
2013	46	70	165	618	7	3	10	919
2014	44	56	129	485	7	12	7	740
2015	43	42	151	495	7	7	8	753
2016	39	35	164	470	5	7	17	737
2017	32	39	155	462	7	7	20	722
2018	33	42	163	472	9	2	19	740
2019	29	35	165	454	8	2	23	716
2020	33	33	177	474	5	0	24	746
2021	23	28	187	464	4	0	20	726
2022	14	18	146	360	5	1	18	562
2023	20	25	167	400	6	3	22	643
2024	19	32	176	358	5	5	21	616

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Norseman Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	781	35.5	22.0	n/a
1989	872	39.0	22.3	n/a
1990	940	42.0	22.3	n/a
1991	1003	48.0	20.8	n/a
1992	1103	48.8	22.6	79
1993	1052	47.0	22.4	55.9
1994	1024	45.0	22.8	85.6
1995	862	41.0	21.0	78.4
1996	862	41.0	21.0	78.4
1997	940	45.0	20.9	89.5
1998	929	51.6	18.0	87.6
1999	914	50.4	18.1	85.4
2000	960	52.0	18.5	89.7
2001	982	50.1	19.6	88.2
2002	949	48.0	19.8	99.7
2003	949	48.0	19.8	99.7
2004	964	51.0	18.9	99.7
2005	939	50.0	18.8	99.7
2006	889	48.0	18.5	99.7
2007	926	49.0	18.9	93.8
2008	922	53.9	17.1	90.9
2009	875	53.6	15.4	90.4
2010	935	51.3	18.2	91
2011	870	n/a	n/a	90.3
2012	894	34.5	25.9	99.7
2013	919	36.5	25.1	99.7
2014	740	32.0	23.1	98
2015	753	34.0	22.1	94.8
2016	737	32.0	23.0	95.8
2017	722	30.0	24.0	96
2018	740	31.0	23.8	97
2019	716	31.0	23.0	96.5
2020	746	n/a	n/a	97.1
2021	726	16.9	42.9	95.6
2022	562	33.2	16.8	93.4
2023	643	33.8	19.0	94.4
2024	616	32.0	19.2	95.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Norseman Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	781	35.5	22.0	n/a
1989	872	39.0	22.3	n/a
1990	940	42.0	22.3	n/a
1991	1003	48.0	20.8	n/a
1992	1103	48.8	22.6	79
1993	1052	47.0	22.4	55.9
1994	1024	45.0	22.8	85.6
1995	862	41.0	21.0	78.4
1996	862	41.0	21.0	78.4
1997	940	45.0	20.9	89.5
1998	929	51.6	18.0	87.6
1999	914	50.4	18.1	85.4
2000	960	52.0	18.5	89.7
2001	982	50.1	19.6	88.2
2002	949	48.0	19.8	99.7
2003	949	48.0	19.8	99.7
2004	964	51.0	18.9	99.7
2005	939	50.0	18.8	99.7
2006	889	48.0	18.5	99.7
2007	926	49.0	18.9	93.8
2008	922	53.9	17.1	90.9
2009	875	53.6	15.4	90.4
2010	935	51.3	18.2	91
2011	870	n/a	n/a	90.3
2012	894	34.5	25.9	99.7
2013	919	36.5	25.1	99.7
2014	740	32.0	23.1	98
2015	753	34.0	22.1	94.8
2016	737	32.0	23.0	95.8
2017	722	30.0	24.0	96
2018	740	31.0	23.8	97
2019	716	31.0	23.0	96.5
2020	746	n/a	n/a	97.1
2021	726	16.9	42.9	95.6
2022	562	33.2	16.8	93.4
2023	643	33.8	19.0	94.4
2024	616	32.0	19.2	95.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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