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How has Bullard High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,485
High
DISTRICT 1,218 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001711
Bullard High
5445 North Palm Ave., Fresno, CA 93704 · (559) 451-4320 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,485 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
1,612 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 696 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 655 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 577 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 557 | 22% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
52.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.3pp since 2014
Math
18.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.7% | 30.6% | 27.5% | 20.2% |
| Math | 6.1% | 12.0% | 22.1% | 59.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 18.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 17.8% |
| 2022-23 | 55.1% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 38.1% | 15.7% |
| 2020-21 | 54.5% | 28.3% |
| 2018-19 | 45.7% | 19.5% |
| 2017-18 | 47.1% | 20.4% |
| 2016-17 | 48.1% | 19.6% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bullard High
Bullard High's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard High this school | 2,485 | 64.9% | 34.7% |
| Venice Senior High Los Angeles | 2,293 | 64.7% | 48.9% |
| Helix High La Mesa | 2,554 | 65.5% | N/A |
| Paloma Valley High Menifee | 2,487 | 63.5% | 45.4% |
| Beaumont Senior High Beaumont | 3,460 | 63.7% | 45.9% |
| Citrus Valley High Redlands | 2,110 | 65.5% | 57.3% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bullard High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #671 of 1,052 | #25 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #730 of 1,056 ▼ 51 | #24 of 36 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #657 of 1,056 ▼ 20 | #27 of 36 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #199 of 1,044 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,485 | #105 of 2,093 | #5 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #742 of 1,352 | #29 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #381 of 1,351 | #7 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #959 of 1,575 | #39 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #671 of 802 | #14 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,485
-28 (-1%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 2,355
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 27.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,485 | 116.2 | 21.4:1 | 65% (1,612) |
| 2023-24 | 2,371 | 114.2 | 20.8:1 | 64% (1,529) |
| 2022-23 | 2,492 | 114.1 | 21.8:1 | 60% (1,498) |
| 2020-21 | 2,513 | 93 | 27.0:1 | 59% (1,493) |
| 2017-18 | 2,583 | 101 | 25.6:1 | 62% (1,613) |
| 2015-16 | 2,639 | 106 | 24.9:1 | 57% (1,497) |
| 2010-11 | 2,610 | N/A | N/A | 37% (971) |
| 2000-01 | 2,508 | 102 | 24.6:1 | 13% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 2,355 | 92 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bullard High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (2,583 to 2,485); teachers up 15% (101 to 116.2).
About Bullard High
Bullard High is a high-enrollment high school in Fresno, California, under Fresno Unified. The student body numbers 2,485 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Besides Bullard High, Fresno Unified runs 99 other schools. The district enrolls 67,873 students.
Bullard High is 57% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 22% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 55% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 116.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.4 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Bullard High a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Bullard High's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 41.5%. Bullard High scores 34.7%, 6.8 points below that line.
Fresno County has these Census figures: the median household income is $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. In all, Fresno County has 368 public schools and roughly 206,072 students.
The shortest distance from Bullard High to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Gibson Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Bullard High comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 2,513 students in 2020-21 and 2,485 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.0:1 in 2020-21 to 21.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
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Other Bullard High schools
One other US public school is named Bullard High. Bullard High is the largest of the 2.
- Bullard High SchoolBULLARD, TX · 909 students
Nearby schools
- Gibson Elementary0.3 mi · 358
- Tenaya Middle0.5 mi · 876
- Florence E. Rata0.6 mi · 35
- Baird Middle0.6 mi · 571
- Endeavor Charter0.7 mi · 333
- Bullard Talent0.7 mi · 744
Frequently asked questions
About Bullard HighHow many students attend Bullard High?
Bullard High enrolls approximately 2,485 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bullard High serve?
Bullard High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bullard High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bullard High is approximately 21.4:1 (116 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bullard High?
Student demographics at Bullard High are roughly 22% White, 57% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bullard High in?
Bullard High is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.