Summary:
ZIP code 93722 has 10 elementary schools, all serving kindergarten through grade 6: eight in Central Unified and two in Fresno Unified. Across the schools, average proficiency was 42% in ELA, 35% in math, and 27% in science, below state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The central finding is that results vary sharply by school: the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools reached 51 percentage points in science.
River Bluff Elementary led all three subjects in 2025–26, with 66% proficient in ELA, 59% in math, and 62% in science—17, 21, and 26 points above state rates. Norman Liddell Elementary was also above the state in all three, at 56%, 53%, and 42%. At the other end, McKinley Elementary had the lowest results in each subject: 31% in ELA, 22% in math, and 11% in science, all below state rates. The gaps between River Bluff and McKinley were 35 points in ELA, 38 in math, and 51 in science. SchoolDigger gave River Bluff and Norman Liddell four stars; McKinley, John Steinbeck, Hanh Phan Tilley, and Teague received one star.
From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the 10-school average fell 1 point in ELA, rose 1 point in math, and gained 3 points in science, but state rates rose faster, so the gaps widened in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose for River Bluff, from the 76th to the 83rd percentile, while McKinley moved from the 30th to the 20th and Figarden from the 47th to the 38th. Income measures and class-size indicators do not neatly predict results: in 2024–25, all schools reported free/reduced lunch eligibility, ranging from 68% at River Bluff to 92% at Teague, while Central Elementary was near state proficiency in ELA and math despite 82% eligibility. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 19.2 at Figarden to 27.5 at John Steinbeck; the lower ratio did not correspond to stronger test results.
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