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Terry Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5631^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of California elementary schools

Summary

Terry Elementary is a public K-6 school serving 224 students in Selma Unified, a district that ranks in the bottom quartile of California, and it faces significant academic challenges despite having the highest per-student spending among its local peers.

Academic performance at Terry Elementary is alarmingly low, with only 20.9% of students proficient in English and 7.35% in Math, which is far below both state averages and every nearby school, including other Selma Unified schools like James Garfield Elementary and Andrew Jackson Elementary. This is particularly striking because James Garfield Elementary serves a student body with nearly identical economic needs yet performs in the 75th percentile statewide, proving that high poverty does not have to mean low achievement. The school's performance has also declined steeply over the past decade, falling to the 4th percentile in California.

Despite these academic struggles, Terry Elementary has one notable strength: its chronic absenteeism rate of 14.6% is better than the district and state averages, suggesting students are regularly attending school. The disconnect between decent attendance, high funding, and very low test scores points to potential issues with how resources are used or the effectiveness of classroom instruction. For parents, this summary highlights that while the school community may be getting children to class, major improvements in teaching and learning are critically needed to help students succeed.

224

Students ?

24.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

97.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12906 South Fowler Ave.
Selma, CA 93662-9532

(559) 898-6710

District: Selma Unified

Students who attend Terry Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Abraham Lincoln Middle
High:	Selma High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.5%

Asian:

3.6%

White:

2.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 20th percentile in 2013 → 4th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (13% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg30%

California avg41%

5,631^st of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 33 pts since 2015

From bottom 36% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 7Elementary Schools in the Selma Unified

1141^st of 1,543Selma Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	5631 of 5857	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	5661 of 5869	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.4	5676 of 5859	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	4959 of 5883	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.5	3895 of 5789	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.5	3705 of 5662	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	23.7	4362 of 5692	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	26.6	4049 of 5614	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	31.7	3565 of 5611	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	24.7	4419 of 5530	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	46.8	2824 of 5390	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	48.7	2680 of 5377	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	44.1	2910 of 5314	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	57.5	2051 of 5193	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2008	36.9	3145 of 5113	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	36.2	3159 of 5113	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	39.6	2736 of 4818	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	23.4	3732 of 4822	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	17.2	4182 of 4809	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.6	2645 of 3162	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.6	2192 of 3245	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.0	2040 of 3311	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.9	1100 of 3275	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.0	1078 of 3246	66.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	5254 of 5597	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	5347 of 5612	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	5353 of 5609	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	25.5	4160 of 5635	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.2	3580 of 5492	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.5	3873 of 5413	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	4891 of 5107	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	4844 of 5107	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	4859 of 5087	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	4137 of 5084	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.6	2988 of 4963	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.6	2637 of 4830	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.5	5203 of 5460	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	5228 of 5517	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	5095 of 5363	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	3886 of 5264	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.0	2748 of 5173	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.2	2668 of 5084	47.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.8	5491 of 5628	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	5478 of 5643	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.9	5472 of 5638	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	5173 of 5663	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	34.1	3456 of 5510	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.7	3126 of 5431	42.4%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)16th percentile+13 vs school

Female (2025)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)4th percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy21%-28 vs state

Mathematics7%-30 vs state

Science7%-26 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Terry Elementary	Public	K-6	12906 South Fowler Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6710	224	9	24.5	97.3%	6 (2.7%)	3 (1.3%)	205 (91.5%)	8 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	10.1	5631^st of 5857 public elementary schools	3.9%		10.5	5661^st of 5869 public elementary schools	3.5%	30	7.0		7.0	17.2	9.7	23.3	32.3			20.9	10.3	6.3	4.7	9.4			7.4
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-8	11842 South Chestnut Ave.	Fresno	93725	Fresno County	Caruthers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-2895	150	10	15.0	91.3%	12 (8.0%)	1 (0.7%)	135 (90.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Eric White Elementary	Public	K-6	2001 Mitchell	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6650	630	26	23.8	94.3%	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	604 (95.9%)	13 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	26.1	4306^th of 5857 public elementary schools	26.5%		27.3	4179^th of 5869 public elementary schools	28.8%	127	14.3		14.3	40.2	31.2	38.2	31.8			35.6	34.7	18.2	20.9	13.5			22.3
James Garfield Elementary	Public	K-6	2535 B St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6740	229	11	21.7	94.8%	15 (6.6%)	2 (0.9%)	208 (90.8%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73.7	1439^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.4%		61.1	2023^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	65.5%	584	40.0		40.0	61.5	56.7	68.0	56.3			60.2	44.4	59.4	40.0	71.9			55.2
Andrew Jackson Elementary	Public	K-6	2220 Huntsman Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6690	640	27	23.7	91.4%	28 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	578 (90.3%)	23 (3.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	35.5	3538^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.6%		35.7	3469^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.9%	69	30.5		30.5	35.9	24.2	51.1	47.0			39.4	36.6	26.4	24.5	18.1			26.6
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	1802 Floral Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6700	634	24	26.9	92.4%	24 (3.8%)	3 (0.5%)	585 (92.3%)	14 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	37.4	3383^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	42.2%		32.6	3724^th of 5869 public elementary schools	36.5%	341	17.9		17.9	46.5	37.6	41.5	48.3			43.2	31.9	32.3	24.5	28.1			29.0	97.3
Woodrow Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	1325 Stillman St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6730	335	16	20.8	91.3%	20 (6.0%)	2 (0.6%)	305 (91.0%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20.5	4792^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	18.2%		22.9	4589^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.8%	203	23.8		23.8	28.0	29.2	45.2	21.9			29.9	17.7	24.5	9.5	12.1			15.9
Pacific Union Elementary	Public	K-8	2065 East Bowles Ave.	Fresno	93725	Fresno County	Pacific Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-2533	328	19	17.2	89.9%	38 (11.6%)	1 (0.3%)	286 (87.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35.9	3511^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.1%		39.4	3214^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.2%	297	28.1	34.2	31.4	32.4	14.3	34.4	38.1	42.9	56.8	37.4	56.4	22.6	21.9	34.9	40.0	52.6	39.0		$15,345	$783	$14,562
Fremont Elementary	Public	3-5	306 East Tuolumne St.	Fowler	93625	Fresno County	Fowler Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-6130	473	19	24.8	77.8%	25 (5.3%)	3 (0.6%)	408 (86.3%)	34 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	40.3	3198^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.4%		51	2507^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.3%	691	20.3		20.3	40.3	46.4	41.2				42.6	35.7	43.1	27.1				34.9		$11,378	$1,287	$10,091
Fowler Academy Community Day	Public	K-8	975 East Adams Ave.	Fowler	93625	Fresno County	Fowler Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-6098	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Terry Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Terry Elementary?

Students at Terry Elementary are 92% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% White, 1% African American.

How many students attend Terry Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 224 students attended Terry Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Terry Elementary attend?

Students who attend Terry Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Abraham Lincoln Middle
High : Selma High

What district is Terry Elementary in?

Selma Unified

Is Terry Elementary a good school?

Terry Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.9% of California elementary schools.

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