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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Central Elementary, Fresno, CA

CEP schoolCentral Elementary is a public elementary school in Fresno, part of Central Unified. It enrolled 762 students in 2024-25, with 26.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
762
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
26.3
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 3.1 higher than the district figure of 23.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school26.3
District23.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
2195 North Polk Ave., Fresno, CA 93722
Phone
(559)274-9780
District
Central Unified
County
Fresno County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
060797010786
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
498
Reduced-price lunch
123
Free or reduced-price lunch
62181.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification
376Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Central Unified

Elementary schools elsewhere in Fresno

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.