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Enrollment
1,741
High
DISTRICT 914 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL UNIFIED·NCES 060797005777
Central East High
3535 North Cornelia Ave., Fresno, CA 93722 · (559) 276-0280 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,741 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
20.5:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
1,431 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 500 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 441 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 402 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 398 | 23% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
49.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
12.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 35.9% | 22.8% | 27.3% |
| Math | 4.0% | 8.8% | 26.7% | 60.5% |
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 | 49.9% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 13.4% |
| 2022-23 | 48.1% | 15.5% |
| 2021-22 | 47.5% | 17.2% |
| 2020-21 | 40.8% | 18.7% |
| 2018-19 | 52.5% | 13.7% |
| 2017-18 | 54.1% | 14.5% |
| 2016-17 | 53.9% | 15.8% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Central East High
Central East High's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central East High this school | 1,741 | 82.2% | 30.4% |
| Herbert Hoover High Fresno | 2,040 | 83.5% | 29.4% |
| Armijo High Fairfield | 1,844 | 81.3% | 23.5% |
| Fairfax Senior High Los Angeles | 1,495 | 87.4% | 39.1% |
| San Lorenzo High San Lorenzo | 1,029 | 81.5% | 17.3% |
| Centennial High Corona | 2,712 | 81.3% | 47.3% |
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 Central East High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #786 of 1,052 | #27 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #901 of 1,056 ▼ 89 | #32 of 36 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #711 of 1,056 ▲ 49 | #28 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #309 of 1,044 | #8 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,741 | #418 of 2,093 | #16 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #623 of 1,352 | #24 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #604 of 1,351 | #16 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #546 of 1,575 | #28 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -58.2% | #8 of 802 | #1 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
1,741
-2,679 (-61%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 2,502
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 1,741 | 84.8 | 20.5:1 | 82% (1,431) |
| 2023-24 | 1,754 | 87.9 | 19.9:1 | 82% (1,446) |
| 2022-23 | 2,061 | 95.5 | 21.6:1 | 82% (1,685) |
| 2020-21 | 4,420 | 193 | 22.9:1 | 60% (2,663) |
| 2017-18 | 4,168 | 189.2 | 22.0:1 | 62% (2,583) |
| 2015-16 | 4,142 | 183 | 22.6:1 | 63% (2,603) |
| 2010-11 | 3,990 | N/A | N/A | 56% (2,218) |
| 2000-01 | 2,502 | 130 | 19.3:1 | 34% (854) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central East High.
Since 2017-18: students down 58% (4,168 to 1,741); teachers down 55% (189.2 to 84.8).
About Central East High
Central East High is a high-enrollment high school in Fresno, California, (ZIP code 93722). The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,741 students. That is 108% larger than the average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
The district for Central East High is Central Unified, with 24 schools and 15,956 students.
The largest group at Central East High is Hispanic students, at 65%. Other groups make up 16% Asian, 11% Black, and 7% White. County-wide, 55% of Fresno County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Central East High is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 84.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.5:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%.
Central East High holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of California public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Central East High lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.4%; the prediction is 31.4%.
For the population of Fresno County, median household income comes to about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fresno County counts 368 public schools with about 206,072 students.
Central East High's nearest public school is John Steinbeck Elementary (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Central East High places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Central East High in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal records list enrollment at Central East High as 4,420 in 2020-21 and 1,741 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.5:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Central Unified
- Justin Garza HighHigh · 2,095 students
- Harvest ElementaryElementary · 1,010 students
- Glacier Point MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Rio Vista MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Herndon-Barstow ElementaryElementary · 754 students
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
- Sunnyside HighHigh · 2,858 students
- Bullard HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- John Steinbeck Elementary0.4 mi · 689
- Teague Elementary1.1 mi · 551
- Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity1.4 mi · 260
- Central Elementary1.4 mi · 762
- Glacier Point Middle1.5 mi · 947
- El Capitan Middle1.5 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About Central East HighHow many students attend Central East High?
Central East High enrolls approximately 1,741 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Central East High serve?
Central East High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central East High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central East High is approximately 20.5:1 (85 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central East High?
At Central East High, the student body is approximately 7% White, 65% Hispanic, 11% Black, 16% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Central East High in?
Central East High is part of Central Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.