School district · California
Central Unified
Central Unified in California: 25 public schools with 15,956 students and 23.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,761 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 15,956
- Students per teacher
- 23.1
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $17,761
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 690
- Counselors (FTE)
- 31.3
- Students per counselor
- 511
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 27.0
- Librarians (FTE): 6.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$8.9K15
$9.5K16
$10.4K17
$10.8K18
$12.0K19
$12.0K20
$12.8K21
$14.2K22
$16.2K23
$17.8K24
- Federal
- 13% · $47.9M
- State
- 64% · $230.2M
- Local
- 22% · $79.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,805
- Support services
- $7,163
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $88.5M
- Long-term debt
- $316.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 15Middle schools: 3High schools: 5Other schools: 2
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Biola-Pershing ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 198 | 22.0 |
Central ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 762 | 26.3 |
Hanh Phan Tilley ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 622 | 25.9 |
Harvest ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 1,010 | 28.9 |
Herndon-Barstow ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 754 | 27.2 |
Houghton-Kearney ElementaryFree meals for all | K–8 | 199 | 22.1 |
John Steinbeck ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 689 | 27.5 |
Madison ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 487 | 23.2 |
McKinley ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 671 | 26.8 |
Norman Liddell ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 628 | 24.9 |
Pathway Elementary Community DayAlternative | K–6 | 0 | — |
River Bluff ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 694 | 26.7 |
Roosevelt ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 489 | 24.5 |
Teague ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 551 | 24.0 |
William Saroyan ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 697 | 24.0 |
El Capitan MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 738 | 19.9 |
Glacier Point MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 947 | 21.6 |
Rio Vista MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 851 | 23.0 |
Central East HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,741 | 20.5 |
Central HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 625 | 15.9 |
Justin Garza HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,095 | 22.9 |
Pathway Community DayAlternativeFree meals for all | 7–12 | 10 | 2.2 |
Pershing Continuation HighAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 101 | 16.0 |
Central Online HomeAlternativeFully virtual | K–12 | 137 | 19.7 |
Central Unified Alternative/OpportunityAlternativeFree meals for all | K–12 | 260 | 25.0 |
Sources
- Address
- 5652 West Gettysburg Ave., Fresno, CA 93722
- Phone
- (559)274-4700
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).