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Central Unified

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At a glance

872^ndof 1,530 California districts▼ 37

Better than 43% of California districts

Elementary 16 Middle 3 High 5 Alternative 2Grades K-12

5652 West Gettysburg Ave.
Fresno, CA 93722-3749·(559) 274-4700·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 43% of districts

Schools

15,956

Students

Top rankedRiver Bluff Elementary965^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Glacier Point Middle up 308 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Central High 15.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Central Unified includes 24 schools—14 elementary, three middle, five high and two alternative—serving students from elementary through high school. Across schools, equally weighted average proficiency was 40% in ELA, 29% in math and 26% in reported science, compared with California’s 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest takeaway is how widely results vary: a school’s results can look very different from the district-wide picture.

River Bluff Elementary led the group in math and science, with 59% and 62% proficiency, and scored 66% in ELA; those results were 21, 26 and 17 points above state levels, respectively. Justin Garza High had the top ELA result at 66%, while Norman Liddell Elementary and Herndon-Barstow Elementary were also above state averages in ELA and math. At the lower end, Pathway Community Day reported 0% in ELA and math, with science suppressed; Pershing Continuation High had 2% ELA and 0% in math and science. Among elementary schools, McKinley Elementary had the lowest ELA result, 31%.

Recent school averages show mixed progress: ELA slipped by less than a point from 2024–25 to 2025–26 as California rose by about half a point, while math gains were nearly in step with the state; science improved, but by less than the state’s increase. Individual schools moved in different directions: Justin Garza’s ELA rose 13 points, while Biola-Pershing Elementary science fell 21 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 76 to 83 for River Bluff, while Biola-Pershing’s fell from 53 to 33. Income figures are context, not an explanation: free/reduced lunch eligible (school year 2024–25) was 68% at River Bluff and 70% at Liddell, compared with 92% at Biola-Pershing.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
William Saroyan Elementary	Public	K-6	5650 West Escalon Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-3131	697	29	24.0	74.5%	95 (13.6%)	51 (7.3%)	451 (64.7%)	61 (8.8%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	32 (4.6%)	39.9	3234^th of 5817 public elementary schools	44.4%		44.8	2897^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.5%	337	22.7				22.7	48.1	39.7	40.6	39.5				41.8	52.0	41.6	20.6	25.3				33.7	95%	0%	$3,091	$1,502	$1,589
John Steinbeck Elementary	Public	K-6	3550 North Milburn Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-3141	689	25	27.5	85.1%	55 (8.0%)	52 (7.5%)	454 (65.9%)	107 (15.5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.3%)	28.6	4115^th of 5817 public elementary schools	29.3%		29	4048^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.9%	67	18.3				18.3	35.8	33.3	38.1	44.4				38.1	31.7	22.2	18.1	24.4				23.7	≥ 99%		$16,762	$15,144	$1,618
Central East High	Public	9-12	3535 North Cornelia Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-0280	1,741	85	20.5	82.2%	114 (6.5%)	191 (11.0%)	1,138 (65.4%)	270 (15.5%)	10 (0.6%)	7 (0.4%)	11 (0.6%)	34.9	1376^th of 2135 public high schools	35.6%		36.4	1348^th of 2162 public high schools	37.7%	28			19.0		18.9							49.9	49.9							12.1	12.1			$21,701	$20,588	$1,113
Norman Liddell Elementary	Public	K-6	5455 West Alluvial Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-3176	628	25	24.9	69.7%	144 (22.9%)	51 (8.1%)	297 (47.3%)	107 (17.0%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	21 (3.3%)	71.5	1511^th of 5817 public elementary schools	74.0%		73.5	1447^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.3%	64	42.1				42.1	50.6	59.6	60.5	54.8				56.4	51.9	58.5	48.7	51.2				52.8	97%	0%	$18,603	$17,370	$1,233
Biola-Pershing Elementary	Public	K-6	4885 North Biola Ave.	Fresno	93723	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5235	198	9	22.0	92.4%	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	168 (84.8%)	23 (11.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	31	3904^th of 5817 public elementary schools	32.9%		48.1	2692^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	54.0%	1212	7.7				7.7	33.3	26.9	26.9	57.9				34.7	33.3	30.8	20.0	47.4				32.0	≥ 95%		$31,389	$30,146	$1,243
El Capitan Middle	Public	7-8	4443 West Weldon Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5270	738	37	19.9	87.4%	38 (5.1%)	51 (6.9%)	499 (67.6%)	129 (17.5%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.3%)	29.6	1848^th of 2740 public middle schools	32.6%		28.5	1877^th of 2761 public middle schools	32.0%	29		25.1			25.1					36.1	35.5		35.8					20.4	26.0		23.3			$16,915	$15,854	$1,061
Herndon-Barstow Elementary	Public	K-6	6265 North Grantland Ave.	Fresno	93723	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5250	754	28	27.2	68.6%	85 (11.3%)	36 (4.8%)	339 (45.0%)	273 (36.2%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.0%)	63.2	1913^th of 5817 public elementary schools	67.1%		62.6	1934^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.0%	21	31.4				31.4	42.7	53.9	56.3	61.3				53.0	47.3	53.9	39.8	54.8				49.0	≥ 99%		$15,605	$14,530	$1,075
Houghton-Kearney Elementary	Public	K-8	8905 West Kearney Blvd.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5285	199	9	22.1	82.4%	42 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	138 (69.3%)	16 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	28.3	4137^th of 5817 public elementary schools	28.9%		42.2	3059^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.8%	1078	5.0	52.4			29.3	43.5	26.3	40.0	36.8	34.3	70.0		41.2	33.3	31.6	20.0	21.1	34.3	60.0		33.6	≥ 95%		$25,855	$24,468	$1,387
Pershing Continuation High	Public	9-12	855 West Nielsen	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 268-2272	101	6	16.0	86.1%	5 (5.0%)	11 (10.9%)	74 (73.3%)	4 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	5 (5.0%)	6.3	2122^nd of 2135 public high schools	0.6%		10.9	1970^th of 2162 public high schools	8.9%	152			0.0		0.0							2.0	2.0							0.0	0.0			$42,424	$40,482	$1,942
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	2600 North Garfield Ave.	Fresno	93723	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5257	489	20	24.4	86.9%	54 (11.0%)	28 (5.7%)	337 (68.9%)	65 (13.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	24.6	4420^th of 5817 public elementary schools	24.0%		21.2	4726^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.3%	306	8.8				8.8	37.0	36.4	29.4	30.3				33.3	32.6	28.6	17.7	21.2				25.4	≥ 98%		$18,195	$16,698	$1,497
Teague Elementary	Public	K-6	4725 North Polk Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5260	551	23	23.9	91.5%	16 (2.9%)	37 (6.7%)	408 (74.0%)	64 (11.6%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	28.5	4120^th of 5817 public elementary schools	29.2%		27.9	4143^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	29.3%	23	22.5				22.5	20.0	31.7	45.0	42.7				35.6	15.4	31.7	22.5	23.2				23.5	≥ 98%		$21,391	$20,122	$1,269
Madison Elementary	Public	K-6	330 South Brawley Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5280	487	21	23.1	85.0%	34 (7.0%)	18 (3.7%)	350 (71.9%)	72 (14.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.1%)	45.2	2896^th of 5817 public elementary schools	50.2%		45.4	2860^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.2%	36	33.3				33.3	44.6	32.7	43.8	42.4				40.9	48.2	34.6	25.0	42.4				38.2	91%	0%	$19,466	$17,964	$1,502
Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity	Public, Alternative	K-12	2698 North Brawley	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5230	260	10	24.9	75.4%	35 (13.5%)	20 (7.7%)	181 (69.6%)	21 (8.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)								(n/a)			12.1		11.0							19.4	20.2							2.9	6.3			$33,622	$32,066	$1,556
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	4444 West McKinley Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5232	671	25	26.8	83.9%	39 (5.8%)	61 (9.1%)	459 (68.4%)	93 (13.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.5%)	21.5	4684^th of 5817 public elementary schools	19.5%		24.2	4476^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.6%	208	11.0				11.0	29.5	29.8	29.0	35.8				31.2	32.6	16.7	15.0	22.9				21.9	93%	1%	$16,074	$14,778	$1,296
River Bluff Elementary	Public	K-6	6150 West Palo Alto	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-6001	694	26	26.6	68.2%	100 (14.4%)	42 (6.1%)	338 (48.7%)	182 (26.2%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.9%)	83.9	965^th of 5817 public elementary schools	83.4%		78.5	1216^th of 5857 public elementary schools	79.2%	251	62.2				62.2	60.3	58.5	72.2	72.6				66.2	56.8	53.2	62.2	65.3				59.5	97%	0%	$15,615	$14,452	$1,163
Rio Vista Middle	Public	7-8	6240 West Palo Alto	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-3185	851	37	22.9	68.6%	141 (16.6%)	64 (7.5%)	468 (55.0%)	151 (17.7%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.6%)	51.9	1135^th of 2740 public middle schools	58.6%		67.6	724^th of 2761 public middle schools	73.8%	411		28.9			28.9					55.3	44.3		49.7					37.1	37.1		37.1			$17,128	$16,166	$962
Central Elementary	Public	K-6	2195 North Polk Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 274-9780	762	29	26.2	81.5%	67 (8.8%)	43 (5.6%)	410 (53.8%)	216 (28.3%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	20 (2.6%)	51.1	2549^th of 5817 public elementary schools	56.2%		51.8	2511^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.1%	38	25.0				25.0	45.1	55.0	44.7	54.2				49.9	53.7	43.0	26.0	34.4				38.5	96%	1%	$16,522	$15,374	$1,148
Harvest Elementary	Public	K-6	6514 West Gettysburg Ave.	Fresno	93723	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 271-0420	1,010	35	28.8	74.8%	93 (9.2%)	48 (4.8%)	509 (50.4%)	312 (30.9%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.7%)	38 (3.8%)	47.5	2748^th of 5817 public elementary schools	52.8%		44.9	2894^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.6%	146	22.6				22.6	52.3	48.6	38.0	53.0				47.6	57.1	33.6	24.8	35.8				36.9	≥ 99%		$14,492	$13,462	$1,030
Pathway Community Day	Public	7-12	11 South Teilman	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 487-1201	10	5	2.1	—	3 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (20.0%)								(n/a)													0.0								0.0
Glacier Point Middle	Public	7-8	4055 North Bryan Ave.	Fresno	93723	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-3105	947	44	21.6	86.9%	71 (7.5%)	86 (9.1%)	597 (63.0%)	173 (18.3%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.5%)	32.4	1740^th of 2740 public middle schools	36.5%		24.1	2048^th of 2761 public middle schools	25.8%	308		21.1			21.1					42.4	38.8		40.7					27.9	20.6		24.5			$15,690	$14,618	$1,072
Pathway Elementary Community Day	Public	K-6	21 South Teilman	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 487-1201	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																								$884	$00	$884
Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary	Public	K-6	2280 North Valentine Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 512-6912	622	24	25.9	89.9%	24 (3.9%)	49 (7.9%)	433 (69.6%)	99 (15.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.1%)	28.7	4102^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	29.5%		28.3	4113^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.8%	11	27.0				27.0	21.4	34.7	33.3	40.9				32.8	23.3	30.9	20.5	31.1				26.6	98%	0%	$16,532	$15,228	$1,304
Central Online Home	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2280 N. Valentine Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 276-3140	137	7	19.7	70.8%	24 (17.5%)	5 (3.6%)	81 (59.1%)	18 (13.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.8%)								(n/a)		20.0	65.7		50.9					40.0	40.0	59.5	50.6					26.7	33.3	69.4	51.3			$26,751	$25,720	$1,031
Central High	Public	9-12	2045 North Dickenson Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5276	625	39	15.9	74.9%	111 (17.8%)	28 (4.5%)	391 (62.6%)	90 (14.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	46	1120^th of 2135 public high schools	47.5%		52.7	975^th of 2162 public high schools	54.9%	145			32.1		32.4							50.7	50.7							16.7	16.7			$31,457	$30,372	$1,085
Justin Garza High	Public	9-12	4100 North Grantland Ave.	Fresno	93723	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 274-4700	2,095	92	22.8	72.9%	267 (12.7%)	160 (7.6%)	1,229 (58.7%)	393 (18.8%)	10 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	31 (1.5%)	62.5	761^st of 2135 public high schools	64.4%		51.3	1013^th of 2162 public high schools	53.1%	252			36.6	20.0	35.5							66.4	66.4							26.3	26.3			$17,072	$16,118	$954
Jaswant Singh Khalra Elementary	Public	K-6	4061 West Fountain Way	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 274-4700	0			—															(n/a)	19.6				19.6	31.4	33.8	33.3	27.9				31.6	36.1	23.8	12.3	5.9				20.2

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fresno Unified	1.63 mi	111	980^th
Westside Elementary	1.68 mi	3	964^th
Crescent View South II District	1.7 mi	1
Aspen Valley Prep Academy District	3.8 mi	1	1278^th
Clovis Unified	4.41 mi	53	252^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.