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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Selma High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,721
High
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SELMA UNIFIED·NCES 063627006188
Selma High
3125 Wright St., Selma, CA 93662 · (559) 898-6550 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,721 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,551 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 456 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 448 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 426 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 391 | 23% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Selma Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -15.8pp since 2014
Math
23.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 40.7% | 25.8% | 19.0% |
| Math | 6.0% | 17.8% | 30.7% | 45.5% |
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 | 55.2% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 28.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 16.3% |
| 2021-22 | 54.2% | 13.9% |
| 2020-21 | 63.1% | 21.7% |
| 2018-19 | 58.1% | 23.2% |
| 2017-18 | 64.0% | 23.1% |
| 2016-17 | 70.1% | 30.9% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Selma High
Selma High's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selma High this school | 1,721 | 90.1% | 41.4% |
| Orange Glen High Escondido | 1,788 | 89.0% | 29.8% |
| Azusa High Azusa | 1,609 | 89.3% | 36.3% |
| Matilda Torres High Madera | 2,017 | 89.9% | 34.8% |
| Hueneme High Oxnard | 1,913 | 91.2% | 24.4% |
| Century High Santa Ana | 1,519 | 89.6% | 20.8% |
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 Selma High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #492 of 1,052 | #15 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #565 of 1,056 ▼ 157 | #16 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #576 of 1,056 ▼ 114 | #23 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #326 of 1,044 | #17 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,721 | #431 of 2,093 | #17 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #477 of 1,352 | #18 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #1,163 of 1,351 | #37 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #291 of 1,575 | #15 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #697 of 802 | #15 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
1,721
-29 (-2%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 1,052
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 1,721 | 88.3 | 19.5:1 | 90% (1,551) |
| 2023-24 | 1,775 | 90.5 | 19.6:1 | 89% (1,581) |
| 2022-23 | 1,742 | 92.2 | 18.9:1 | 89% (1,542) |
| 2020-21 | 1,750 | 81 | 21.6:1 | 81% (1,415) |
| 2017-18 | 1,780 | 75.3 | 23.6:1 | 77% (1,364) |
| 2015-16 | 1,784 | 73 | 24.4:1 | 75% (1,331) |
| 2010-11 | 1,738 | N/A | N/A | 72% (1,258) |
| 2000-01 | 1,389 | 69 | 20.1:1 | 65% (905) |
| 1990-91 | 1,052 | 48 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selma High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,780 to 1,721); teachers up 17% (75.3 to 88.3).
About Selma High
Selma High is a high-enrollment high school in Selma, California. The school enrolls 1,721 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Selma High is among 12 schools run by Selma Unified, which serves 5,911 students.
Most students at Selma High are Hispanic: 92% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% White and 3% Asian. Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Selma High has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 19.5 students per teacher and 88.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 90%. Public schools in Fresno County average 75%.
In California, Selma High is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.4% compared with a predicted 26.7%.
Fresno County has about 1,016,725 residents, and median household income is about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Fresno County number 368 and enroll about 206,072.
Of nearby public schools, Andrew Jackson Elementary is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 41.4% is above the 34.5% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,750 to 1,721. Students per teacher fell from 21.6 in 2020-21 to 19.5 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Selma High covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Selma Unified
- Abraham Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 892 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Theodore Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Eric White ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Indianola ElementaryElementary · 420 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
Other schools in Selma
- Abraham Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 892 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Theodore Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Eric White ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Indianola ElementaryElementary · 420 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
Other Selma High schools
One other US public school is named Selma High. Selma High is the largest of the 2.
- Selma High SchoolSelma, AL · 680 students
Nearby schools
- Andrew Jackson Elementary0.3 mi · 640
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary0.6 mi · 634
- Selma Independent0.7 mi · 72
- Heartland High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 105
- James Garfield Elementary0.8 mi · 229
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary1.0 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Selma HighWhat is the total enrollment at Selma High?
Selma High enrolls approximately 1,721 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Selma High serve?
Selma High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Selma High?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Selma High.
How diverse is Selma High?
Selma High reports a student body of 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Selma High in?
Selma High is part of Selma Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.