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Central Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Central Unified runs 25 public schools with 15,962 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 23.2 students per teacher is 1.3 higher than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 15,962
- Teachers (FTE)
- 689
- Students per teacher
- 23.2
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5652 West Gettysburg Ave., Fresno, CA 93722
- Phone
- (559)274-4700
- County
- Fresno County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0607970
- State district ID
- CA-1073965
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,729
- School counselors (FTE)
- 31.0About 515 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 59.0
Students per teacher compared
This district23.2
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (15,742), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $250.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $33.3 million
- State revenue
- $171.4 million
- Local revenue
- $46.0 million
- Total spending
- $261.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,597
- Salaries
- $110.0 million42.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $207.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.3%
- State: 68.4%
- Local: 18.3%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,597
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Central Unified
By level: 5 high, 3 middle, 15 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Biola-Pershing ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 198 | 22.0 |
| Central East HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,741 | 20.7 |
| Central ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 762 | 26.3 |
| Central HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 625 | 16.0 |
| Central Online Home | Other | K to 12 | 137 | 22.8 |
| Central Unified Alternative/OpportunityCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 260 | 26.0 |
| El Capitan MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 738 | 19.9 |
| Glacier Point MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 947 | 22.0 |
| Hanh Phan Tilley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 622 | 25.9 |
| Harvest ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 1,010 | 28.9 |
| Herndon-Barstow ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 754 | 27.9 |
| Houghton-Kearney ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 199 | 22.1 |
| John Steinbeck ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 689 | 27.6 |
| Justin Garza HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,095 | 23.0 |
| Madison ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 487 | 23.2 |
| McKinley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 671 | 26.8 |
| Norman Liddell ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 628 | 25.1 |
| Pathway Community DayCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 10 | 2.5 |
| Pathway Elementary Community Day | Elementary | K to 6 | 0 | |
| Pershing Continuation HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 101 | 16.8 |
| Rio Vista MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 851 | 23.0 |
| River Bluff ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 694 | 26.7 |
| Roosevelt ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 489 | 24.4 |
| Teague ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 551 | 24.0 |
| William Saroyan ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 697 | 24.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fresno County
- Fresno Unified 68,131 students
- Clovis Unified 43,669 students
- Sanger Unified 13,313 students
- Kings Canyon Joint Unified 9,696 students
- Selma Unified 5,914 students
- Kerman Unified 5,273 students
- Coalinga-Huron Unified 4,418 students
- Mendota Unified 3,977 students
- Parlier Unified 3,206 students
- Yosemite Valley Charter District 3,065 students
- Fowler Unified 2,563 students
- Washington Unified 2,340 students
- Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified 2,232 students
- Kingsburg Elementary Charter 2,100 students
- Crescent View West Public Charter District 1,703 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.