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Pacific Union Elementary

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Pacific Union Elementary ranks 3511 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-8

3511^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 40% of California elementary schools

Summary

Pacific Union Elementary is a public K-8 school in Fresno, California, serving 345 students. The school is part of the Pacific Union Elementary District, which is ranked 713 out of 1,565 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pacific Union Elementary faces significant challenges, with test scores generally below the state average across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics were 37.44% and 38.99% respectively, compared to the state averages of 48.81% and 37.3%. The school's performance is particularly low in 4th grade English Language Arts (14.29% proficient vs. 45.7% state average) and 5th grade Mathematics (21.88% proficient vs. 36.03% state average). However, the school performs better in 8th grade, with 56.76% proficient in English Language Arts and 52.63% proficient in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 47.84% and 33.94% respectively.

Nearby schools, such as Malaga Elementary, Fremont Elementary, and Washington Colony Elementary, generally perform better than Pacific Union Elementary on test scores, with higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, these nearby schools also have high rates of chronic absenteeism and free/reduced lunch eligibility, similar to Pacific Union Elementary. Despite these challenges, Pacific Union Elementary's relatively low student-teacher ratio and strong performance with English Language Learners suggest the school may have some effective practices in place, but more work is needed to improve overall academic outcomes.

328

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,345

Per pupil spending ?

89.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2065 East Bowles Ave.
Fresno, CA 93725-9630

(559) 834-2533

District: Pacific Union Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.2%

White:

11.6%

Asian:

0.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 62nd percentile in 2013 → 40th in 2025

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 22 percentile points since 2013

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 11 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

District avg37%

California avg41%

Elementary school

3,511^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 40%▲ up 29 pts since 2015

From bottom 11% (2015) to bottom 40% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

968^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 35%▲ up 31 pts since 2015

From bottom 34% (2015) to top 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

704^th of 1,543Pacific Union Elementary 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.9	3511 of 5857	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.4	3214 of 5869	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.2	2739 of 5859	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.6	3646 of 5883	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.1	4261 of 5789	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.4	3384 of 5662	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	15.3	5088 of 5692	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	15.3	5020 of 5614	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.0	4987 of 5611	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	59.6	2129 of 5530	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2012	54.7	2349 of 5390	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	51.0	2539 of 5377	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	54.3	2303 of 5314	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	48.0	2608 of 5193	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2008	38.5	3032 of 5113	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	42.5	2760 of 5113	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	35.0	2997 of 4818	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	35.4	2987 of 4822	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	30.4	3220 of 4809	33.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	66.2	509 of 3162	83.9%	★★★★☆
2023	70.6	481 of 3245	85.2%	★★★★☆
2022	54.8	973 of 3311	70.6%	★★★★☆
2019	64.1	704 of 3275	78.5%	★★★★☆
2018	75.0	446 of 3246	86.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.3	3269 of 5597	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.1	3327 of 5612	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.8	2898 of 5609	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.0	4125 of 5635	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	4596 of 5492	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.5	3794 of 5413	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.7	2515 of 5107	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.7	2159 of 5107	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.4	1540 of 5087	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.7	2846 of 5084	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.1	3375 of 4963	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.6	2434 of 4830	49.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.0	2719 of 5460	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.3	2731 of 5517	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.9	1881 of 5363	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.3	3148 of 5264	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.9	3207 of 5173	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.4	2723 of 5084	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.6	3423 of 5628	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.3	2983 of 5643	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.5	2477 of 5638	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.8	2957 of 5663	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.4	3370 of 5510	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.3	2901 of 5431	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.4	968 of 2761	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.1	1137 of 2783	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.0	1133 of 2781	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.7	1037 of 2740	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.8	1450 of 2715	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.7	972 of 2480	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	32.9	1594 of 2508	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	31.1	1612 of 2497	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.1	1628 of 2477	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2013	34.8	1567 of 2379	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	38.3	1409 of 2259	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	26.1	1749 of 2236	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.1	1791 of 2179	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	34.8	1336 of 2063	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2008	34.7	1303 of 2005	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	33.6	1299 of 1999	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.7	1197 of 1804	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	27.6	1282 of 1777	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	26.6	1278 of 1769	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	73.9	126 of 1478	91.5%	★★★★★
2023	85.4	79 of 1521	94.8%	★★★★★
2022	70.4	189 of 1540	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	56.5	334 of 1442	76.8%	★★★★☆
2018	97.4	31 of 1364	97.7%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.2	1151 of 2533	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.6	1104 of 2551	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.2	1028 of 2531	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.9	1313 of 2509	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.1	1063 of 2380	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.2	840 of 2262	62.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	70.9	518 of 2395	78.4%	★★★★☆
2024	64.3	631 of 2388	73.6%	★★★★☆
2023	62.5	674 of 2374	71.6%	★★★★☆
2022	64.4	621 of 2359	73.7%	★★★★☆
2019	54.2	827 of 2213	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.0	449 of 2072	78.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.6	614 of 2542	75.8%	★★★★☆
2024	66.6	604 of 2579	76.6%	★★★★☆
2023	64.5	638 of 2531	74.8%	★★★★☆
2022	67.0	576 of 2458	76.6%	★★★★☆
2019	49.6	1027 of 2369	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.4	687 of 2230	69.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	62.7	778 of 2534	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.9	1009 of 2552	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.6	1048 of 2538	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	68.4	648 of 2527	74.4%	★★★★☆
2019	34.5	1482 of 2407	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.7	1028 of 2273	54.8%	★★★☆☆

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)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)84th percentile+39 vs school

Hispanic (2025)51st percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)50th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)39th percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)91st percentile+32 vs school

Hispanic (2025)78th percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)76th percentile+11 vs school

Male (2025)69th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)55th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics39%~ state avg

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-11 vs state

Science31%~ state avg

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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)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (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	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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
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)
Washington Colony Elementary	Public	K-8	130 East Lincoln Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Washington Colony Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 233-0706	414	23	17.8	88.4%	16 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	377 (91.1%)	15 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	42.7	3025^th of 5857 public elementary schools	48.4%		50.4	2535^th of 5869 public elementary schools	56.8%	490	30.0	19.6	23.5	39.2	45.8	50.0	40.8	43.6	35.3	41.9	41.2	41.7	24.1	20.8	20.0	13.7	27.0	96.6		96.6
Alvina Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	295 West Saginaw Ave.	Caruthers	93609	Fresno County	Alvina Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 864-9411	169	9	18.7	82.2%	15 (8.9%)	1 (0.6%)	150 (88.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	54.5	2343^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	60.0%		37.5	3332^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	43.2%	989	35.0	20.0	27.5	47.4	35.0	50.0	62.5	22.2	70.0	47.8	31.6	55.0	30.0	50.0	16.7	40.0	37.2				$20,041	$1,534	$18,507
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
Marshall Elementary	Public	K-2	142 North Armstrong Ave.	Fowler	93625	Fresno County	Fowler Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-6120	486	22	22.0	73.3%	37 (7.6%)	5 (1.0%)	397 (81.7%)	34 (7.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)								(n/a)																					$13,863	$1,853	$12,010
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)
American Union Elementary	Public	K-8	2801 West Adams Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 495-5650	265	19	14.3	73.2%	42 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	204 (77.0%)	13 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	46.1	2825^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.8%		48.7	2634^th of 5869 public elementary schools	55.1%	191	55.6	7.9	27.7	25.9	22.9	59.3	40.0	20.8	16.2	29.4	48.2	25.7	44.4	35.0	8.3	8.1	27.1				$25,042	$6,967	$18,075
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
Malaga Elementary	Public	K-5	3910 South Ward Ave.	Fresno	93725	Fresno County	Fowler Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-6140	192	10	19.2	89.1%	11 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	172 (89.6%)	6 (3.1%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30.3	3935^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.8%		41.1	3122^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	46.8%	813	13.2		13.2	35.7	33.3	42.1				37.6	39.3	29.6	21.1				29.0	91.4	94.3		$15,201	$1,494	$13,707

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In the 2024-25 school year, 328 students attended Pacific Union Elementary.

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Students at Pacific Union Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 12% White.

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