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Central Unified

Fresno, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

15,962
Students enrolled
25
Public schools
690
Classroom teachers (FTE)
23.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 1,559
  • Grade 1 1,039
  • Grade 2 1,097
  • Grade 3 1,129
  • Grade 4 1,179
  • Grade 5 1,195
  • Grade 6 1,249
  • Grade 7 1,297
  • Grade 8 1,319
  • Grade 9 1,324
  • Grade 10 1,190
  • Grade 11 1,124
  • Grade 12 1,261

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 61%
  • Asian 18%
  • White 10%
  • Black or African American 7%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 12,589 of 15,956 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 67%
  • Reduced-price lunch 12%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,761 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,805
  • Support services $7,163
  • Other (food service, etc.) $793

Where the money comes from

  • Local 22%
  • State 64%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $357.7 milliontotal spending $390.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 83% city, 13% rural, 5% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

1,729

District office

5652 West Gettysburg Ave., Fresno CA 93722

County

Fresno County

Official website

NCES District ID

607970

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About Central Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Belief: Every student can learn. ?? Vision: Every student is prepared for success in college, career, and community. ?? Mission: Every student will engage in rigorous, relevant, standards-based instruction in every classroom every day to ensure student learning. ?? Core Values: Character, leadership, innovation, continuous improvement.
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Public Schools in Central Unified (25)

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Justin Garza High

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Central East High

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Harvest Elementary

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Glacier Point Middle

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Rio Vista Middle

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Central Elementary

Fresno, CA · Grades KG–06 · 762 students · Elementary

Herndon-Barstow Elementary

Fresno, CA · Grades KG–06 · 754 students · Elementary

El Capitan Middle

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William Saroyan Elementary

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River Bluff Elementary

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John Steinbeck Elementary

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McKinley Elementary

Fresno, CA · Grades KG–06 · 671 students · Elementary

Norman Liddell Elementary

Fresno, CA · Grades KG–06 · 628 students · Elementary

Central High

Fresno, CA · Grades 09–12 · 625 students · High

Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary

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Teague Elementary

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Roosevelt Elementary

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Madison Elementary

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Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity

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