Summary:
ZIP code 93701 has four Fresno Unified elementary schools, all serving kindergarten through sixth grade, with 1,703 students combined. In 2025–2026, their average proficiency was 44% in ELA, 41% in math and 32% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The school-to-school spread was substantial: 25 percentage points in ELA, 30 in math and 23 in science. The clearest takeaway is that results vary considerably among schools in this ZIP code.
Jefferson Elementary stands out in ELA and math, with 59% proficient in ELA and 58% in math—the highest results in the group and 9 and 20 points above the state, respectively. Akira Yokomi Elementary leads science at 44%, 8 points above the state, and places second in ELA and math. At the lower end, Lowell Elementary has the group’s lowest ELA and math results, 34% and 29%; those are 15 and 10 points below state results. Webster Elementary has the lowest science result, 20%, or 16 points below the state.
Results improved at all four schools in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026; the biggest area-average gain was in science, from 15% to 32%. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also rose from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026: Yokomi from 54 to 67, Jefferson from 67 to 76, Lowell from 32 to 33 and Webster from 29 to 34. Other measures offer context, not a simple explanation of achievement: student-teacher ratios range from 16.2 at Lowell to 20.4 at Yokomi, while 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures range from 86% at Yokomi to 97% at Lowell. Lowell also has a notable grade-level exception: its sixth-grade math proficiency was 53%, highest among these schools, despite its lowest all-grade math result.
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