Raisin City Elementary, Raisin City CA

Original Research by School Decision on Raisin City Elementary

Raisin City Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in an unincorporated farming community in Fresno County's San Joaquin Valley, about thirteen miles south-southwest of Fresno. The school is the civic and educational anchor of a small, predominantly Hispanic community tied to agriculture and surrounded by farmland and vineyards.

The school enrolls a small population, nearly all from low-income households. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with much smaller populations of white students and other groups represented. The school does not publish enrollment figures for English learners or students with individualized education plans, so those populations and their support cannot be assessed from the available data.

State testing results show substantially low proficiency across subjects and grades. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from low in the upper elementary grades to somewhat higher in grades seven and eight, though no grade reaches proficiency rates that approach state norms for well-served districts. Math proficiency is particularly weak: grade four shows zero proficiency, and proficiency remains below or near the lowest decile in all other tested grades. Science proficiency is similarly sparse. Grade five shows only minimal proficiency in the state science test, while grade eight shows somewhat higher attainment. These results place the school in the bottom quartile among districts countywide in overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades.

The school has not reported recent changes to curriculum, pedagogy, facilities, or programs that would signal a shift in academic direction. Publicly available district information does not indicate a recent bond measure, parcel tax, or major initiative. The school district is single-school and operates under standard county governance structures without municipal incorporation.

Families choosing this school are typically doing so because they live in Raisin City itself. The community lacks the commercial and civic infrastructure of incorporated towns; residents rely on county service districts for utilities and on the school as the primary public gathering place. Fresno is a short drive away for higher-order services and employment. Parents may want to discuss with the school its plans for literacy and math support, given the proficiency results, and to understand what specialized services are available for English learners and students with disabilities, since those enrollment figures are not publicly reported.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 66%

School 6% · District 6%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 412%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 618%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 54%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

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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.