McLane High

McLane High is one of the big secondary schools in Fresno, California, one of the schools within Fresno Unified, with 2,056 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 145% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

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

On demographics, McLane High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 14% Asian, 5% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, McLane High lists 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting McLane High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at McLane High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, McLane High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.9%; this one delivers 24.7%.

Around the school, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), McLane High is one campus in the mix.

Wishon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McLane High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 16%: 1,772 students in 2018 compared to 2,056 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 69% to 75%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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