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What's the most underrated thing about Fresno High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,867
High
DISTRICT 1,218 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001730
Fresno High
1839 Echo Ave., Fresno, CA 93704 · (559) 457-2780 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,867 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
18.1:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
1,652 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 | 529 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 544 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 452 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 342 | 18% |
Student demographics
41%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
40.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.0pp since 2014
Math
12.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 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 have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.3% | 26.8% | 24.8% | 35.3% |
| Math | 2.8% | 9.8% | 18.9% | 68.5% |
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 | 40.0% | 12.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 9.5% |
| 2022-23 | 36.9% | 10.7% |
| 2021-22 | 28.1% | 9.4% |
| 2020-21 | 38.3% | 9.9% |
| 2018-19 | 40.1% | 7.2% |
| 2017-18 | 38.0% | 6.8% |
| 2016-17 | 44.0% | 8.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Fresno High
Fresno High's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno High this school | 1,867 | 88.5% | 25.0% |
| John W. North High Riverside | 2,011 | 87.9% | 32.6% |
| San Jacinto High San Jacinto | 2,388 | 89.9% | 22.9% |
| Tahquitz High Hemet | 1,761 | 85.7% | 28.5% |
| West Valley High Hemet | 1,857 | 90.1% | 31.0% |
| West High Bakersfield | 2,159 | 91.1% | 29.8% |
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 Fresno High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #926 of 1,052 | #32 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #902 of 1,056 ▲ 29 | #33 of 36 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #898 of 1,056 ▲ 13 | #32 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #242 of 1,044 | #14 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,867 | #360 of 2,093 | #14 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #296 of 1,352 | #10 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #823 of 1,351 | #23 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #354 of 1,575 | #17 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #299 of 802 | #4 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
1,867
-347 (-16%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 2,757
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
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 | 1,867 | 103.3 | 18.1:1 | 88% (1,652) |
| 2023-24 | 2,009 | 101.6 | 19.8:1 | 89% (1,795) |
| 2022-23 | 2,092 | 107.7 | 19.4:1 | 90% (1,880) |
| 2020-21 | 2,214 | 82 | 27.0:1 | 90% (1,986) |
| 2017-18 | 2,194 | 95.5 | 23.0:1 | 87% (1,899) |
| 2015-16 | 2,410 | 86 | 28.0:1 | 88% (2,109) |
| 2010-11 | 2,575 | N/A | N/A | 83% (2,129) |
| 2000-01 | 3,010 | 141 | 21.4:1 | 60% (1,819) |
| 1990-91 | 2,757 | 117 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fresno High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (2,194 to 1,867); teachers up 8% (95.5 to 103.3).
About Fresno High
Fresno High is a large high school in Fresno, California, one of the schools in Fresno Unified. Its enrollment is 1,867 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in California enroll around 838, and this school is 123% larger than that mark.
The 100 schools in Fresno Unified enroll 67,873 students altogether, Fresno High among them.
The student body at Fresno High is 76% Hispanic. It is also 9% White, 8% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Fresno County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 21 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 18.1:1 is based on 103.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. Public schools in Fresno County average 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Fresno High lands at C-, ahead of 23% of California public high schools.
In California, Fresno High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 25.0% actual against a predicted 27.7%.
In the wider Fresno County area, median household income comes to about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Fresno County's 368 public schools enroll about 206,072 students and include Fresno High.
Among nearby public schools, Hamilton Elementary is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Fresno High places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment was 1,867 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 2,214. Its ratio of students to teachers was 27.0:1 in 2020-21, and 18.1:1 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
Related schools
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- McLane HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 2,040 students
Other schools in Fresno
- Yosemite Valley CharterCombined · 3,065 students
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- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,339 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton Elementary0.4 mi · 811
- Design Science Middle College High0.5 mi · 243
- Heaton Elementary0.6 mi · 515
- Muir Elementary0.8 mi · 469
- Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary0.9 mi · 312
- Fremont Elementary1.0 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Fresno HighHow many students attend Fresno High?
Fresno High enrolls approximately 1,867 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Fresno High serve?
Fresno High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Fresno High?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Fresno High.
How diverse is Fresno High?
Fresno High reports a student body of 9% White, 76% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Fresno High in?
Fresno High is part of Fresno Unified.
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