Herbert Hoover High

Herbert Hoover High is an expansive high school in Fresno, California, part of Fresno Unified. The school hosts 2,040 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Herbert Hoover High sits 143% larger than that benchmark.

Fresno Unified comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 67,873 students; Herbert Hoover High is among them.

Demographically, Herbert Hoover High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 13% Asian, 10% Black, 9% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Herbert Hoover High has 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Herbert Hoover High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fresno County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Herbert Hoover High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wolters Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Herbert Hoover High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Herbert Hoover High's enrollment has rose 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,725 (now 2,040). Over the same period, the White share declined from 14% to 9%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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