# John Steinbeck Elementary

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060797004485`
- **School name**: John Steinbeck Elementary
- **Location**: Fresno, CA 93722
- **Address**: 3550 North Milburn Ave.
- **District**: Central Unified (LEAID `0607970`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–6
- **Coordinates**: 36.78904, -119.87488
- **Phone**: (559)276-3141
- **Website**: http://st.centralunified.org

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 689
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 25
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 27.6:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 85.1%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Yellow
  - math: Orange
  - ela: Orange
  - chronic_absent: Red

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 38.8% proficient — 387 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 23.1% (170 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 24.3% (166 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.3% (2 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 0.7% (5 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 1
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.1%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 67.5%
- **Black/African American**: 13.4%
- **Asian**: 9.8%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 7.7%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.1%
- **Two or more races**: 1.3%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 86.7%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 8.9% — 62 students
- **English Learners**: 18.8% — 131 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 31 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 11 students
- **Autism**: 9 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 8 students
- **Intellectual Disability**: 2 students
- **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $0
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 697
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $18,688,156
- **Federal share**: 12.0%
- **State share**: 65.7%
- **Local share**: 22.2%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,134,910

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $70,651
- **Poverty rate**: 22.3%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 16.5%
- **Unemployment**: 2.2%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,563
- **Foreign-born residents**: 21.5%
- **Single-parent households**: 31.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.2 miles (INDUSTRIAL WASTE PROCESSING)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 1
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 15
- **Nearest brownfield**: 1.84 miles (PROPOSED VALENTINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: CITY OF FRESNO
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2016-01-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 10.8854 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 5.6 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Central East High** — 0.4 mi away, 0% (this school: 23.1%)
- **Crescent View South II** — 1.4 mi away, 1.2% (this school: 23.1%)
- **McKinley Elementary** — 1.6 mi away, 20.5% (this school: 23.1%)
- **Central Elementary** — 1.6 mi away, 17.8% (this school: 23.1%)
- **Central Online Home** — 1.9 mi away, 19.3% (this school: 23.1%)

### ela proficiency
- **Central East High** — 0.4 mi away, 48.8% (this school: 38.4%)
- **Central Elementary** — 1.6 mi away, 47.9% (this school: 38.4%)
- **Lawless Elementary** — 1.7 mi away, 39.9% (this school: 38.4%)
- **Central Online Home** — 1.9 mi away, 39.15% (this school: 38.4%)
- **Glacier Point Middle** — 1.9 mi away, 44.8% (this school: 38.4%)

### math proficiency
- **Justin Garza High** — 2.2 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **William Saroyan Elementary** — 2.7 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Malloch Elementary** — 3.2 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **River Bluff Elementary** — 3.5 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **Herndon-Barstow Elementary** — 3.5 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/john-steinbeck-elementary-fresno/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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