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S Ben Benavidez Elementary

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S Ben Benavidez Elementary ranks 4358 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

4358^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 26% of California elementary schools

Summary

S Ben Benavidez Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 409 students in the Parlier Unified district, standing out as a higher-performing school within its local district context.

While the school's overall state ranking is in the lower quartile, it consistently outperforms other schools in its district, such as Mathew J Brletic Elementary and Cesar E Chavez Elementary, in both math and English proficiency. A major strength is its dramatic reduction in chronic absenteeism, now at 8.3%, which is less than half the district average. The school also shows particular effectiveness in supporting English Language Learners, ranking in the 66th percentile for that student group statewide.

However, significant challenges remain, especially in science, where proficiency is very low at 7.25%. Performance also varies greatly by grade, with 6th-grade math being a notable concern. Compared to higher-performing schools in neighboring districts like Clay Elementary (Clay Joint Elementary) or Riverview Elementary (Kings Canyon Joint Unified), Benavidez lags in academic proficiency, highlighting the impact of broader district factors.

409

Students ?

22.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

95.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13900 Tuolumne St.
Parlier, CA 93648-2839

(559) 646-2963

District: Parlier Unified

Students who attend S Ben Benavidez Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Parlier Junior High
High:	Parlier High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.8%

White:

0.7%

American Indian:

0.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 13th percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Parlier Unified

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Science scores 25 pts below the California average

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg18%

California avg41%

4,358^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 4Elementary Schools in the Parlier Unified

1434^th of 1,543Parlier 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	25.4	4358 of 5857	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.4	4165 of 5869	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	4376 of 5859	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.2	4936 of 5883	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.3	1231 of 1417	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.9	4455 of 5789	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	4616 of 5662	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.7	4623 of 5692	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.1	4859 of 5614	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.3	4895 of 5611	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	16.8	4940 of 5530	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.4	4487 of 5390	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	12.3	5113 of 5377	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	20.7	4550 of 5314	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	15.8	4683 of 5193	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	7.7	5016 of 5113	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	6.0	5071 of 5113	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	52.0	1075 of 3162	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.0	1008 of 3245	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.8	1320 of 3311	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.6	345 of 602	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	64.8	682 of 3275	79.2%	★★★★☆
2018	51.5	1178 of 3246	63.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	4165 of 5597	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.0	3564 of 5612	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.3	4102 of 5609	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.8	4138 of 5635	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	991 of 1267	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.6	4567 of 5492	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.0	4317 of 5413	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.6	3408 of 5107	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.3	3170 of 5107	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.4	3357 of 5087	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.6	3991 of 5084	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.8	3401 of 4963	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.5	3519 of 4830	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.5	3548 of 5460	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.5	3485 of 5517	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.6	3587 of 5363	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.8	4018 of 5264	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.1	868 of 1110	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.3	3901 of 5173	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.5	3883 of 5084	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.8	4217 of 5628	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.6	4401 of 5643	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	4331 of 5638	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	5155 of 5663	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.6	1142 of 1272	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.8	3876 of 5510	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	4585 of 5431	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	2249 of 2847	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.2	989 of 2635	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	23.6	1994 of 2420	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)66th percentile+37 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)33rd percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)26th percentile~ school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)21st percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy29%-19 vs state

Mathematics27%-10 vs state

Science7%-25 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	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	% Polio KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
S Ben Benavidez Elementary	Public	K-6	13900 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-2963	409	18	22.7	95.6%	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	404 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25.4	4358^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.6%		27.4	4165^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.0%	193																	7.3		7.3	35.9	18.3	44.1	20.5			29.3	43.4	25.0	30.4	14.1			26.9
Mathew J Brletic Elementary	Public	K-6	601 Third St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3551	407	16	25.4	95.3%	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	398 (97.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.1	4999^th of 5857 public elementary schools	14.6%		20.7	4795^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.3%	204																	20.0		20.0	30.5	23.7	38.0	20.7			27.9	25.4	11.7	12.0	12.1			15.4	96.4	96.4	96.4	96.4
John C Martinez Elementary	Public	K-6	13174 East Parlier Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3527	434	16	27.1	97.5%	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	425 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	21	4734^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.2%		20.2	4854^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.3%	120																	16.7		16.7	26.4	16.4	31.2	35.7			27.3	31.5	14.8	14.8	26.3			21.5
Cesar E Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	500 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3595	439	22	19.9	95.4%	9 (2.1%)	3 (0.7%)	425 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	11	5570^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.9%		12.3	5535^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.7%	35	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.2	50.0	11.1	5.6	23.8	9.1	5.6	5.6	6.4	0.0	0.0	11.1	4.8	11.5		11.5	13.3	10.4	21.2	24.7			17.7	17.3	20.8	7.7	9.6			13.7
Indianola Elementary	Public	K-6	11524 East Dinuba Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6680	420	18	22.9	87.1%	15 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	374 (89.0%)	26 (6.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	25.1	4389^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.1%		28.4	4081^st of 5869 public elementary schools	30.5%	308																	24.6		24.6	21.4	23.1	32.8	37.1			29.3	19.3	11.3	18.0	36.2			22.1					$19,861	$18,742	$1,119
Riverview Elementary	Public	K-8	8662 South Lac Jac Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7290	509	21	23.6	69.2%	82 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	409 (80.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	60.1	2065^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.7%		56.1	2234^th of 5869 public elementary schools	61.9%	169																	32.8	33.3	33.1	54.9	44.7	54.0	61.9	76.2	65.6	60.3	41.2	34.0	43.8	46.0	55.6	49.2	45.6					$18,465	$16,944	$1,521
Clay Elementary	Public	K-8	12449 South Smith Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Clay Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-4185	246	9	27.3	15.4%	158 (64.2%)	1 (0.4%)	79 (32.1%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	93	469^th of 5857 public elementary schools	92.0%		87.1	857^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.4%	388																	65.6	64.3	65.0	61.5	75.9	84.4	67.7	76.7	82.1	75.0	69.2	89.7	78.1	74.2	73.3	67.9	75.6					$26,509	$25,748	$761
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					$19,253	$18,442	$811
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				$16,651	$15,546	$1,105
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					$16,967	$15,954	$1,013

Frequently Asked Questions about S Ben Benavidez Elementary

How many students attend S Ben Benavidez Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 409 students attended S Ben Benavidez Elementary.

What district is S Ben Benavidez Elementary in?

Parlier Unified

What schools do graduates of S Ben Benavidez Elementary attend?

Students who attend S Ben Benavidez Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Parlier Junior High
High : Parlier High

What is the racial makeup of S Ben Benavidez Elementary?

Students at S Ben Benavidez Elementary are 99% Hispanic.

Is S Ben Benavidez Elementary a good school?

S Ben Benavidez Elementary ranks 4358^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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