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Enrollment
1,155
Middle
DISTRICT 1,154 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903008810
Kastner Intermediate
7676 North First St., Fresno, CA 93720 · (559) 327-2500 · Fresno County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,155 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
605 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 570 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 585 | 51% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
68.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
48.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.1% | 38.6% | 17.4% | 13.9% |
| Math | 28.1% | 20.4% | 23.9% | 27.7% |
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 | 68.8% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 43.1% |
| 2022-23 | 66.7% | 41.5% |
| 2021-22 | 70.9% | 40.7% |
| 2018-19 | 77.5% | 50.4% |
| 2017-18 | 77.8% | 53.9% |
| 2016-17 | 80.4% | 52.8% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Kastner Intermediate
Kastner Intermediate's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kastner Intermediate this school | 1,155 | 52.4% | 57.0% |
| Daniel J. Savage Middle Modesto | 906 | 52.6% | 42.6% |
| La Mesa Junior High Santa Clarita | 1,017 | 47.8% | 46.5% |
| Moore Middle Redlands | 988 | 57.3% | 43.4% |
| Elizabeth Ustach Middle Modesto | 1,016 | 56.3% | 46.1% |
| Hillview Middle Palmdale | 1,100 | 53.0% | 51.1% |
Matched among California middle 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 Kastner Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #258 of 1,224 | #5 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #285 of 1,227 ▲ 60 | #6 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #200 of 1,227 ▼ 6 | #5 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #535 of 1,214 | #21 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,155 | #93 of 1,377 | #6 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #578 of 1,279 | #23 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #274 of 1,278 | #4 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #919 of 1,329 | #36 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #186 of 257 | #10 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,155
-27 (-2%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,821
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 1,155 | 55.5 | 20.8:1 | 52% (605) |
| 2023-24 | 1,177 | 51.4 | 22.9:1 | 54% (636) |
| 2022-23 | 1,133 | 50.1 | 22.6:1 | 56% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 1,182 | 53 | 22.3:1 | 60% (715) |
| 2017-18 | 1,123 | 50.7 | 22.2:1 | 47% (526) |
| 2015-16 | 1,041 | 46 | 22.6:1 | 46% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 1,119 | N/A | N/A | 33% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 1,507 | 61 | 24.7:1 | 21% (310) |
| 1990-91 | 1,821 | 71 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kastner Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,123 to 1,155); teachers up 10% (50.7 to 55.5).
About Kastner Intermediate
Kastner Intermediate is a high-enrollment middle school located in Fresno, California. Enrolled students number 1,155 students, in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 75% higher than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Kastner Intermediate belongs to Clovis Unified, a district of 51 schools and 43,611 students.
At Kastner Intermediate, Hispanic students make up 51% of the student body. After that, the student body is 25% White, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. For comparison, Fresno County is about 55% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Kastner Intermediate employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Kastner Intermediate's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 52%. That is lower than the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
Kastner Intermediate is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Kastner Intermediate is 8.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fresno County show that the median household income is $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Besides Kastner Intermediate, Fresno County has 367 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Lincoln Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Kastner Intermediate is ahead of the 50.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Kastner Intermediate is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,182 to 1,155, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.8:1.
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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 Clovis Unified
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 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
- Lincoln Elementary0.3 mi · 631
- Fort Washington Elementary0.8 mi · 568
- Clovis West High1.0 mi · 2,184
- Pinedale Elementary1.2 mi · 433
- McCardle Elementary1.4 mi · 463
- Mountain View Elementary1.5 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Kastner IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Kastner Intermediate?
Kastner Intermediate enrolls approximately 1,155 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Kastner Intermediate serve?
Kastner Intermediate serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Kastner Intermediate have?
Kastner Intermediate employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Kastner Intermediate?
Student demographics at Kastner Intermediate are roughly 25% White, 51% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Kastner Intermediate public or private?
Kastner Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clovis Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.