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Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day

Public Grades 1-6
5801st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 1% of California elementary schools
Summary

Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day is a very small public school in Fresno, CA, serving about 28 students in grades 1-6 within the Fresno Unified district, and it operates as a specialized alternative school for students facing significant challenges.

This school is fundamentally different from others in the area, functioning with an intensive support model that includes an extremely low student-to-teacher ratio and very high per-student spending. However, its students' proficiency rates on standardized tests are the lowest among nearby schools. It's important to understand that as a "Community Day" school, its primary mission is likely focused on behavioral support and credit recovery for high-need students, making traditional test score comparisons with schools like the high-performing Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary or others such as Deborah A. Williams Elementary and Golden Charter Academy less meaningful.

The key takeaway is that Phoenix serves a unique population requiring extraordinary resources, and its success is likely measured by different standards, such as helping students reintegrate or stay on track, rather than by test scores alone. The wide variation in performance and spending among all the nearby schools shows that outcomes are influenced by many factors beyond just funding or location.

28
Students ?
3.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$127,673
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3335 North Arthur Ave.
       Fresno, CA  93705-3507

(559) 248-7500

District: Fresno Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.3%
African American:
17.9%
White:
14.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2010 → 1st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 4 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (5% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 19% California)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school5%
District avg32%
California avg43%
5,801st of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
69th of 69Elementary Schools in the Fresno Unified
1061st of 1,543Fresno 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20256.35801 of 58571.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.75854 of 58590.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.65789 of 57890.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.45659 of 56620.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.15691 of 56920.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20163.25611 of 56140.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.05605 of 56110.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.65387 of 53900.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.05374 of 53770.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.45313 of 53140.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.45193 of 51930.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.55113 of 51130.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20071.05113 of 51130.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.74804 of 48180.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20053.34814 of 48220.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20045.04795 of 48090.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20257.85393 of 54601.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.75359 of 53630.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.65173 of 51730.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.45084 of 50840.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20257.05567 of 56281.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.65510 of 55100.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.05430 of 54310.0%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics5%-32 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy5%-44 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 28 students attended Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day.

Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day ranks in the bottom 1.0% of California elementary schools.

Students at Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day are 64% Hispanic, 18% African American, 14% White, 4% American Indian.


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