Ronald W. Reagan Elementary, Kingsburg CA

Original Research by School Decision on Ronald W. Reagan Elementary

Ronald W. Reagan Elementary sits on Diane Avenue in Kingsburg, a small Central Valley city that markets itself as California's "Little Sweden." The downtown along Draper Street carries Swedish-themed architecture, Dala horse statues, and a coffee-pot water tower, and it is compact enough to walk in a single outing. The school campus itself is separated from that commercial core, as are most of the district's buildings. The surrounding economy runs on agriculture and food processing -- Sun-Maid Growers is headquartered here and publicly reported as the city's largest employer -- alongside manufacturing facilities like Guardian Glass and the local hospital. Most families commute or work locally in farms, packing houses, or retail.

The school serves fourth through sixth grade as part of the Kingsburg Elementary Charter district, which covers this grade band across the city. Enrollment is sizeable for an upper-elementary campus in a town this size, with the three grades roughly evenly split. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning economic need is a dominant feature of the student body. The student population is primarily Hispanic, with a substantial white minority and small shares of other backgrounds. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs were not available in what we reviewed.

On California's CAASPP Smarter Balanced assessments for the most recent year, reading and language arts results are stronger than math. Fourth graders post the highest ELA proficiency among the three grades, with fifth and sixth grades close behind -- all three sitting roughly around or just below half of students reaching the proficient threshold. Math is a softer story: fourth grade is the strongest of the three, but fifth and sixth grade proficiency rates are meaningfully lower, with fewer than a third of students in those grades meeting the standard. Science, tested in fifth grade through the California Science Test, runs at a similar level to fifth-grade math. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to districts in Fresno County, which is worth noting given how broad and unequal that county's landscape is. That said, the absolute proficiency levels, particularly in math, suggest room for growth that parents may want to explore directly with the school.

Trend data is limited to a single year, so whether performance is improving, flat, or declining cannot be determined from what is available. No graduation rate applies here, since the school ends at sixth grade.

The school carries charter status under Kingsburg Elementary Charter. No magnet designation is recorded, and no Title I designation appears in the data, though the high share of students qualifying for meal assistance is its own signal of the community's economic profile. Civil-rights discipline data and chronic absenteeism rates were not available.

On housing, Kingsburg sits well below the California statewide median home value, though values have been climbing year over year and are above the national midpoint. The city operates a Growth Management System that formally caps new residential construction each year, and in late 2025 the city council publicly denied a proposed development in the southwest part of town amid resident pushback. City leadership has framed this approach as prioritizing quality over quantity. For a family weighing whether to buy in Kingsburg, that posture suggests the community will stay relatively stable in size and character, though it also puts upward pressure on prices as demand meets a constrained supply. No rental index data was available for this zip code.

The district brief search did not return confirmed recent changes to programs or priorities at Kingsburg Elementary Charter, so that section was left out rather than guessed at.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 40% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 27% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 31% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 49% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 47% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 648%

School 48% · District 46% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 27% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolKingsburg Elementary Charter, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income45%Higher-income72%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income46%Higher-income58%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income41%Higher-income64%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income65%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income43%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income58%37 pp gap