Total enrollment
67,873
-1,952 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
101 schools in Fresno Unified
California · 67,873 students · 1 city
Public-school families inside Fresno Unified pick from 101 schools serving the district's roughly 67,873 K-12 students (71 elementary, 14 middle, and 15 high).
4-year change in Fresno Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
100
+1 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Fresno Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #378 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 67,873 | #3 of 587 | #54 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 100 | #4 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #105 of 587 | #8,223 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 86.6% | #82 of 587 | #878 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #342 of 530 | #3,183 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Fresno Unified
State test results across the district's 91 scored schools run from Manchester Gate at 76.7% proficient to Rutherford B. Gaston Sr. Middle at 10.8%, a gap of 65.9 points. That is the 26th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 98 district schools that reported both years went from 71,024 to 67,220 students (down 5%) and from 2,929 to 3,466 full-time teachers (up 18%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Fresno Unified
As a compact district in California, Fresno Unified hosts 67,873 students across 101 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Fresno Unified comprises 71 elementary, 14 middle, 15 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Fresno Unified runs about 672 students per school, 16% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 578.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment decreased 3%: 69,825 students in SY 2020-21 versus 67,873 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 99 to 100 across the same 4-year window.
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