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Central High

Fresno · CA · Central Unified · Public

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Central High compares for families

What families should know about Central High.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Justin Garza High, Central East High, Kerman High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

74.9%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 218 in 2021 to 131 in 2024 — over 3 years.
-39.9%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -12.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 625 students:

2025
550
2027
426
2029
330

≈ 295 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $15,922 per student in district revenue, the 295 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $4,696,990/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Justin Garza High
Fresno
Public 3.7 2,095 +93.4%
Central East High
Fresno
Public 5.1 1,741 -26.0%
Kerman High
Kerman
Public 5.7 1,493 +1.1%
Enterprise High
Kerman
Public 5.8 57 -1.7%
Crescent View South II
Fresno
Public · charter 6.4 1,260 +9.3%
Dewolf Continuation High
Fresno
Public 7.4 182 +12.3%
West Park Charter Academy
Fresno
Public · charter 8.1 93 -42.6%
Ripperdan Community Day
Madera
Public 8.2 40

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