Summary
Easterby Elementary is a K–6 school in Fresno, California, serving 613 students in Fresno Unified. Its academic results are comparatively strong among nearby schools, especially in math and science, but attendance is a major concern. In 2025–26, 32% of students were chronically absent, compared with 27% districtwide and 18% statewide; only one of the 10 nearby schools had a higher rate.
Math is Easterby’s clearest strength against the district and state: 42% of students were proficient, versus 29% in the district and 38% statewide, placing Easterby second among 11 nearby schools. Burroughs Elementary was just 0.1 percentage point higher. Science was the best result among nearby schools at 30%, though it remained 6 percentage points below the state’s 36%. ELA was 41%, close to the district’s 40% but below the state’s 49%; Easterby ranked sixth locally. Grade 5 math stands out at 48%, the highest nearby result, while grade 4 ELA was a weaker spot at 34%, 12 points below the state.
Results have improved most in math and science: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, math rose 8 percentage points and science rose 9, while ELA gained 1 point and fell further behind the state. SchoolDigger ranked Easterby 2,744th of 5,804 California schools, at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars. Its 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 21.2, above the nearby average of 19.6; 90.1% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, close to the nearby average of 89.5%. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings vary notably: its effectiveness ranking for Hispanic students was at the 68th percentile, above the school’s 53rd-percentile overall ranking; for English Language Learner students, it reached the 80th percentile in 2023–24, up from the 39th percentile in 2021–22.
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