Sanger West High

As a large senior high in Fresno, California, Sanger West High hosts 1,438 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Sanger Unified. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Sanger Unified runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,313 students. Sanger West High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Sanger West High records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 26% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% White, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Sanger West High higher than the state norm the norm. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sanger West High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Sanger West High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sequoia Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sanger West High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sanger West High at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

Sanger West High operates from an outlying location.

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