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Phoenix Secondary

Public Grades 7-12
Summary

Phoenix Secondary is a very small public high school serving grades 7-12 with only 53 students in the Fresno Unified School District, designed to serve students with significant academic challenges.

The school provides an exceptionally high level of individual support, with a student-teacher ratio of just 3-to-1 and per-student spending that is several times higher than at other local high schools. This reflects a major investment in serving its specific student population, where every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these intensive resources, the school faces profound challenges, with nearly all students struggling to meet state standards in core subjects and an extremely high rate of chronic absenteeism that significantly impacts learning.

When compared to other area schools serving similar high-need students, such as the Farber School of Credit Attainment and Violet Heintz Education Academy, Phoenix shares similar academic struggles. However, the success of schools like Career Technical Education Charter suggests that different educational models can yield better outcomes for at-risk youth, highlighting the complex task of educating Fresno's most vulnerable students.

53
Students ?
3.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5320 E. Church Ave
       Fresno, CA  93725-1230

(559) 253-6520

District: Fresno Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.9%
African American:
17.0%
Asian:
5.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2010 → 12th in 2013
Strengths
Small classes — about 3 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (1% vs 41% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (77% vs 19% California)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 47 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school1%
District avg30%
California avg41%
2,761st of 2,761
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
1061st of 1,543Fresno Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20254.12761 of 27610.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.32774 of 27830.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.72779 of 27810.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.52739 of 27400.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.12709 of 27150.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.12475 of 24800.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.12503 of 25080.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20162.82491 of 24970.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.22469 of 24770.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20132.82362 of 23790.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20122.32240 of 22590.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20254.52387 of 23950.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.82373 of 23880.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.92372 of 23740.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.52358 of 23590.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.12206 of 22130.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20254.22540 of 25420.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.72566 of 25790.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.82531 of 25310.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.72458 of 24580.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.22364 of 23690.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.32227 of 22300.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20254.12527 of 25340.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.52543 of 25520.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.92537 of 25380.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.72527 of 25270.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.52399 of 24070.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202418.01497 of 15523.5%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20137.42144 of 242611.6%★☆☆☆☆
20127.52089 of 235411.3%★☆☆☆☆
20117.32114 of 236710.7%★☆☆☆☆
20104.72096 of 22818.1%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
Special Education (2024)4th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Male (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy2%-47 vs state
Mathematics0%-37 vs state
Science0%-33 vs state

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Students at Phoenix Secondary are 68% Hispanic, 17% African American, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 4% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 53 students attended Phoenix Secondary.


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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.

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