Washington High

Washington High operates as a moderately sized four-year high school in Fresno, California, part of Washington Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,096 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Washington High is one of 17 schools operated by Washington Unified, a district that educates 9,787 students overall.

Demographically, Washington High lists that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 6% Asian, 5% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Washington High shows 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Washington High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Washington High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 40.5%.

Around the school, Fresno County reports that 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%. Washington High is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washington Colony Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington High. On composite proficiency, Washington High comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 1,057 students in 2018 compared to 1,096 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 78% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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