Edison High

Located at 540 E Cesar Chavez Blvd., in Fresno, California, Edison High is a well-populated senior high that instructs 2,339 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Fresno Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 179% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 100 schools in Fresno Unified (67,873 students total), Edison High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Edison High shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder looks like 10% Black, 8% Asian, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Edison High higher than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, Edison High ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.6%; Edison High posts 46.6%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Edison High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edison Computech, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edison High comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.

Edison High operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Edison High's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 2,571 (now 2,339). Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Edison High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.