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Central High

Fresno, CA · Grades 9-12 · 625 students (NCES Common Core of Data school directory; reporting year unverified) · Central Unified

36thStatewide percentile · Developing

among 1,500 California high schools · 2025 test results

At Central High, the average Standard Met or Exceeded rate is 38.4% across reported grade–subject rows (2025 CAASPP).

Scope Score 51 of 100 — built from graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. It places the school; it is not a grade. · How this is calculated

Math

19%California 37%

English

57%California 49%
Sources, grades and tested counts for Math and English

Math: Grade 11 · 2025 · Met or Exceeded · 139 school test records. California 37% · 2,946,081 test records · all tested grades 3–8 and 11; a different grade population from this school figure.

English: Grade 11 · 2025 · Met or Exceeded · 141 school test records. California 49% · 2,931,356 test records · all tested grades 3–8 and 11; a different grade population from this school figure.

Graduation: 95.5% · 2024–25

Graduation cohort and source

126 regular high-school diploma graduates · 132 students in the adjusted four-year graduation cohort.

CDE adjusted four-year graduation cohort data, reporting year 2025. This cohort is separate from the students taking grade-11 tests and from UC admission or enrollment records.

Source and calculation for this school’s result

Source: SchoolScope calculation from CDE CAASPP, 2024–25 academic year (test year 2025); available ELA and math rates for grade 11, averaged equally across grade–subject rows.

Central High · 2024-25 grade 11 ELA and math: 2 equally weighted Met or Exceeded rates for All Students tested with scores average 38.4%.

CDE / ETS CAASPP · 2024-25 · Central High, grade 11 ELA and math, All Students tested with scores: 2 Met or Exceeded grade–subject rate cells, equally weighted; not a distinct-student share.

Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Across the reported grades and subjects, the average Met + Exceeded rate is 38.4% and the average Exceeded rate is 12.8%.

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What instruction helps students move beyond meeting the standard here, given the reported 38.4% Met + Exceeded and 12.8% Exceeded averages?

ELA57% met or exceeded
Exceeded 21%Met 37%Nearly Met 21%Not Met 21%
California ◇ 48.81% met or exceeded · all tested grades 3–8 and 11 · CDE CAASPP 2025 · 2,931,356 tested with scores
This school · CDE CAASPP 2025 · all tested grades 11 · 141 tested with scores
Math19% met or exceeded
Exceeded 5%Met 14%Nearly Met 37%Not Met 44%
California ◇ 37.30% met or exceeded · all tested grades 3–8 and 11 · CDE CAASPP 2025 · 2,946,081 tested with scores
This school · CDE CAASPP 2025 · all tested grades 11 · 139 tested with scores
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 44% met or exceededSchoolScope calculation from CDE CAASPP 2025 · equal school mean of scored comprehensive high school averages across configured grade–subject records · 1,500 schools (Exceeded) · 1,500 schools (Met or Exceeded)
This school and California references
2025 · CDE (CAASPP ELA/math; Dashboard CCI)

2025 Scope Score · CDE overall Prepared model · CCI 2025. Earlier Scope Scores used a different college-readiness definition; no cross-model score trend or California score average is shown here.

Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCCI overall PreparedAbsenceSuspension
This school5113%38%95.5%50.0%32.1%2.6%
California reference · High School—20%44%92.9%51.7%22.7%3.3%
This schoolCA reference
Scope51—
% Exceeded13%20%
% Met+38%44%
Grad rate95.5%92.9%
CCI overall Prepared50.0%51.7%
Absence32.1%22.7%
Suspension2.6%3.3%

2025 CDE College/Career Indicator overall Prepared · this school: 66 of 132 CCI students classified Prepared · California students in the 2025 CCI cohort: 257,567 of 497,814 classified Prepared. The California CCI percentage describes students statewide; it is not a mean of school percentages and is not used to normalize the SchoolScope score. CDE CCI source files.

A-G completion36.5%

CDE 2024–25: the reported share of regular high-school diploma graduates meeting UC/CSU requirements. This is distinct from CCI overall Prepared.

California reference: 56.4% · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean of 1,500 scored comprehensive California high-school rates · 2024–25. This is a mean of school percentages, not a statewide pooled graduate percentage. CDE adjusted-cohort graduation source files.

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Share at Standard Met or Exceeded

0%25%50%75%100%2022: 21%2023: 16%2024: 16%2025: 19%2022: 62%2023: 58%2024: 68%2025: 57%20222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2022: 21%2023: 16%2024: 16%2025: 19%2022: 62%2023: 58%2024: 68%2025: 57%2022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
202221%62%
202316%58%
202416%68%
202519%57%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Grade comparisons and the full academic source record

Central's reported results deserve a closer read. 74.9% of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch.

141 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Central High scores 51 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 36th percentile of 1,500 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

CDE CAASPP 2022 to 2025

Available assessment record

ELAYellow(Declined Significantly)· 2025MathYellow(Increased Significantly)· 2025

A source-qualified multi-year SchoolScope percentile arc is unavailable for this school. These All Grades rows describe each test year's students; they are not a matched-student trend or evidence of school-caused change.

Test yearSubjectTestedMet or exceeded
2025ELA14157.5%
2025Math13919.4%
2024ELA13668.4%
2024Math13815.9%
2023ELA19057.9%
2023Math19015.8%
2022ELA24561.6%
2022Math24321.0%

CDE's 2025 College/Career Indicator reports 50.0% Prepared here (66 of 132 students), versus 51.7% in its statewide cohort (257,567 of 497,814). CDE's overall Prepared cohort covers the Class of 2025 four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the Class of 2024 cohort. The statewide student rate is separate from SchoolScope's school-level peer rank and earlier AP/A–G scoring input. CDE CCI source files.

College destinations and the full graduate record
80%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 168 of 210 completers · includes community colleges

210Completers
24%
Other colleges50 completers · Outside the California community college system
56%
California community colleges118 completers · Enrolled within a year
20%
Not recorded enrolled42 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

Where graduates go · 2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Graduation: 95.5% · 2024–25

126 regular high-school diploma graduates · 132 students in the adjusted four-year graduation cohort.

CDE adjusted four-year graduation cohort data, reporting year 2025. This cohort is separate from the students taking grade-11 tests and from UC admission or enrollment records.

80%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of Central's class of 2023, 80% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 210 completers, 80% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 10 (5%)California State University 33 (16%)California community college 118 (56%)In-state private 3 (1%)Out-of-state, 4-year 4 (2%)Out-of-state, 2-year 0 (0%)Not enrolled 42 (20%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate. Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 7 of Central's 126 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Merced the most common landing, with 3 enrollees.

Applied14fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted13
Enrolled7
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Where they landed (fall 2025)

5 of 6 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

Campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several.

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 80% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (118) than at UC (10).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

36th percentile · Developing · California comprehensive high schools · 2025

Statewide rank: #946 of 1,500 · California comprehensive high schools · 2025

#2 of 4 in Central Unified · Statewide percentile: 36th · Ranked comprehensive high schools · 2025

What helps students meet or exceed the standard in ELA and math across grade 11?

Central High vs. California · 2024-25 grade 11 ELA Met or Exceeded rates for socioeconomically disadvantaged students tested with scores: 52.9% vs. 48.7%.

CDE / ETS CAASPP · 2024-25 · Central High and California, socioeconomically disadvantaged students tested with scores in grade 11 ELA: same-group, grade and subject Met or Exceeded rates; no causal inference.

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide in grade 11.

At Central High in Fresno, 52.9% of socioeconomically disadvantaged students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 45.4% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Central High's rate for socioeconomically disadvantaged students exceeds its district average by 7.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: socioeconomically disadvantaged students (17.8% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (49.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). Among the reported ELA and Math proficiency gaps supplied for this school, the largest is 35.2 percentage points: students with disabilities trail the school-wide rate in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 102 ELA grade test records.

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What support reaches students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged in ELA, given their reported results in grade 11 are ahead of the same group statewide?

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 39% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 39%, district —, state 44%39%
How the all-students rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; school: 280 eligible test records, ELA and math, all school tested grades. state: equal school mean of 1,500 comprehensive high composites. The district all-students reference is unavailable here.

Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 35%, district 34%, state 32%35% · −3 vs school
How socioeconomically disadvantaged rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 203 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

102 known ELA test records

  • school: 203 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 13,231 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 3,798,521 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 34%, district 33%, state 32%34% · −5 vs school
How hispanic/latino rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 172 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

87 known ELA test records

  • school: 172 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 9,961 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 3,304,057 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
MaleMale: this school 41%, district 36%, state 42%41% · +3 vs school
How male rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 148 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

74 known ELA test records

  • school: 148 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 8,163 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 3,005,929 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
FemaleFemale: this school 36%, district 39%, state 44%36% · −3 vs school
How female rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 132 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

67 known ELA test records

  • school: 132 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 8,107 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 2,872,108 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
WhiteWhite: this school 48%, district 49%, state 56%48% · +10 vs school
How white rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 52 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

26 known ELA test records

  • school: 52 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 1,615 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 1,163,964 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
AsianAsian: this school 46%, district 47%, state 72%46% · +8 vs school
How asian rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 39 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

19 known ELA test records

  • school: 39 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 2,952 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 613,603 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 11%, district 7%, state 15%11% · −27 vs school
How students with disabilities rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 35 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

18 known ELA test records

  • school: 35 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 1,563 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 773,488 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Military-ConnectedMilitary-Connected: this school 18%, district 33%, state 46%18% · −20 vs school
How military-connected rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 22 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

11 known ELA test records

  • school: 22 eligible test records across 2 published grade–subject rate records
  • district: 1,643 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 93,155 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records

5 of 14 student groups have no published rate here. That can reflect privacy suppression or missing source data; it is not evidence of a gap.

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Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school rate not published, district 26%, state 26%Not published
How black/african american rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

8 known ELA test records

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school ELA grade 11: rate not published; school MATH grade 11: rate not published
  • district: 1,155 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 282,988 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
FilipinoFilipino: this school rate not published, district 54%, state 65%Not published
How filipino rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

ELA tested count not published

1 ELA grade records with unavailable tested counts

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school: 2 unavailable tested counts; school ELA grade 11: rate not published; school MATH grade 11: rate not published
  • district: 68 eligible test records across 6 published grade–subject rate records; district ELA grade 3: rate not published; district MATH grade 3: rate not published; district ELA grade 4: rate not published; district MATH grade 4: rate not published; district ELA grade 5: rate not published; district MATH grade 5: rate not published; district ELA grade 6: rate not published; district MATH grade 6: rate not published
  • state: 131,726 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school rate not published, district 9%, state 11%Not published
How english learners rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

7 known ELA test records

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school ELA grade 11: rate not published; school MATH grade 11: rate not published
  • district: 1,597 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
  • state: 945,854 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
Foster YouthFoster Youth: this school rate not published, district 7%, state 18%Not published
How foster youth rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

ELA tested count not published

1 ELA grade records with unavailable tested counts

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school: 2 unavailable tested counts; school ELA grade 11: rate not published; school MATH grade 11: rate not published
  • district: 54 eligible test records across 4 published grade–subject rate records; district: 2 unavailable tested counts; district ELA grade 3: rate not published; district MATH grade 3: rate not published; district ELA grade 4: rate not published; district MATH grade 4: rate not published; district ELA grade 5: rate not published; district MATH grade 5: rate not published; district ELA grade 6: rate not published; district MATH grade 6: rate not published; district ELA grade 7: rate not published; district MATH grade 7: rate not published
  • state: 18,735 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
HomelessHomeless: this school rate not published, district —, state 22%Not published
How homeless rates were calculated

CDE CAASPP 2025; ELA and math; tested-record weighted; 0 test records. A child tested in both subjects can contribute two records.

0 known ELA test records

  • school: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; school ELA grade 11: rate not published; school MATH grade 11: rate not published
  • district: 0 eligible test records across 0 published grade–subject rate records; district: 3 unavailable tested counts; district ELA grade 3: rate not published; district MATH grade 3: rate not published; district ELA grade 4: rate not published; district MATH grade 4: rate not published; district ELA grade 5: rate not published; district MATH grade 5: rate not published; district ELA grade 6: rate not published; district MATH grade 6: rate not published; district ELA grade 7: rate not published; district MATH grade 7: rate not published; district ELA grade 8: rate not published; district MATH grade 8: rate not published; district ELA grade 11: rate not published; district MATH grade 11: rate not published
  • state: 235,862 eligible test records across 14 published grade–subject rate records
this school district, same group California, same group
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Met or Exceeded by student group and subject · CDE CAASPP 2025
Student group · subjectTestedSchoolDistrictCaliforniaVs district
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged · English10252.9%45.4%48.7%+7.6pp vs district
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged · Math10117.8%16.5%21.0%+1.3pp vs district
Hispanic/Latino · English8749.4%48.0%48.9%+1.4pp vs district
Hispanic/Latino · Math8517.6%16.9%19.3%+0.8pp vs district
White · English2676.9%53.3%67.5%+23.6pp vs district
White · Math2619.2%28.8%42.2%-9.6pp vs district
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What support reaches socioeconomically disadvantaged students in grade 11 ELA?

What it’s like

Attendance & discipline · CDE climate 2024–25

CDE reported 32.1% chronic absenteeism (above SchoolScope's equal-school mean for scored comprehensive California public/charter high schools with reported CDE rates) and 2.5% suspension (below its corresponding mean) in 2024–25.

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CDE reported rates
Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 32.1%, district 32.0%, state 22.8%. CDE reported 2024–25.32.1% · +9.3pp vs state
CDE reported · 2024–25 · all students · 205 chronically absent · 638 eligible students · District · high · equal-school mean across 4 comprehensive scored schools: 32.0% · California · high · equal-school mean across 1,234 comprehensive scored schools: 22.8%
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.5%, district 2.6%, state 3.5%. CDE reported 2024–25.2.5% · −1.0pp vs state
CDE reported · 2024–25 · all students · 17 students suspended · 670 cumulative enrollment · District · high · equal-school mean across 4 comprehensive scored schools: 2.6% · California · high · equal-school mean across 1,234 comprehensive scored schools: 3.5%
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SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs

These scoring inputs may differ from CDE's reported all-students rates. Their comparisons also average model inputs, not raw CDE rates.

Adjusted chronic absence inputSchoolScope adjusted chronic absence input: this school 32.1%, district 22.1%, state 22.7%32.1%
Adjusted suspension inputSchoolScope adjusted suspension input: this school 2.6%, district —, state 3.3%2.6%
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1232.1%205 of 638 eligible students chronically absent
Teachers and the staffing source record
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 16 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

School staffing2024–25: about 16 enrolled students per teacher FTE · SchoolScope reporting-district average 24

2024–25: about 16 enrolled students per teacher FTE. CDE school-total enrollment divided by the school's reported teacher full-time equivalents in the NCES CCD 2024–25 final school staff file. SchoolScope rounds the result to a whole student per teacher; the CDE staffing year above dates separate teacher facts. The SchoolScope reporting-district average covers verified schools in our directory under this school's 2024–25 CDE reporting parent; school ratios are weighted by enrollment. The California figure, where shown, also averages available school ratios weighted by enrollment. This schoolwide staffing ratio is not class size.

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Teaching staff41 teachers
Avg. experience16.0 years
Proper credential and placement77%

Proper credential and placement: CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22. The publisher rate is 76.99%; 36.8 teaching-position FTE had proper credential and placement out of 47.8 total teaching-position FTE. This denominator is positions, not the teacher count above.

First-year teachers0%
PrincipalLori Gambero
Course breadth
AP courses offered2 (SARC)
AP course or exam pathway qualifiers3 of 66 Prepared students · AP pathway rate: 4.5% · CCI reporting year: 2025 · CDE College/Career Indicator · student group: all students · CCI cohort: 132 eligible students. The cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort and only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. AP pathway qualifiers can meet the rule with at least two qualifying AP exams scored 3 or higher, two AP courses completed with C− or better, or a qualifying combination in different subjects. Share among Prepared students; Prepared via AP courses, exams, or both; not an exam-taker or course-authorization count. Participation is not course authorization.
CTE+ pathway qualifiers32 students2025 CDE CCI · Completion of a CTE pathway with C− or better in its capstone plus an additional criterion; not a count of all CTE completers.

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What gets spent

CDE ESSA reports $25,423 per student in spending attributed to this school.

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Per-pupil spending

This school · attributed spending$25,423 per pupil

CDE ESSA · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 625. Reports may use Census Day enrollment, cumulative enrollment, or annual average daily attendance (ADA); the type is unavailable here. SchoolScope sums four reported school and allocated central expenditure components. These averages do not show an individual child's budget or teaching quality.

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The neighborhood

74.9% of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch.

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Worth knowing

CDE Census Day counted 625 students here in 2024–25. This was below the 2024–25 median of 1,314 across 1,202 distinct schools in SchoolScope's administrative high directory category. The selected pool uses active comprehensive public and charter records with last-seen year 2025, verified CDE school totals and grades, and traditional or alternative-choice operations. It is not a statewide sample; category membership does not imply substantial enrollment in every grade or comparable grade distributions or programs.

On the state's science test (CAST), 28% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

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Hispanic or Latino62.7% · district 61.2% · CA 56.1%
White17.8% · district 10.4% · CA 20.0%
Asian13.9% · district 17.8% · CA 10.1%
Black4.5% · district 7.1% · CA 4.9%
Other1.1% · district 3.5% · CA 9.0%

CDE Census Day · 2024–25 · school 625 students · district 15,962 students · CA 5,806,221 students. CDE Census Day enrollment files. Other includes Filipino, American Indian, Pacific Islander, two or more races, and not reported.

GenderFemale 52.5% (328) · Male 47.4% (296) · Non-binary 0.2% (1)CDE Census Day · 2024–25 · 625 students
Students eligible for free or reduced-price meals74.9% at this school · 62.8% CaliforniaSchool: 468 eligible of 625 enrolled · California: 3,647,037 eligible of 5,806,221 enrolledRates = eligible ÷ enrolled · CDE Census Day · TK/K–12 enrollment · 2024–25 · California total includes district-office records · CDE free/reduced-price meals file
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Is Central High a good high school?
Central High has a Scope Score of 51 out of 100, placing it in the 36th percentile of California comprehensive high schools and ranked #946 statewide. Across the available ELA and Math grade-subject results for grades 11 on the 2025 CAASPP, Central High's average Standard Exceeded rate is 12.8%. Available ELA and Math grade-subject rates are averaged equally. That is 7.5 percentage points below the 20.3% equal-school average across scored California comprehensive high schools at this level. The Scope Score combines 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Central High's CAASPP test scores?
Across available ELA and Math grade-subject rates combined in CDE CAASPP 2025 (2024–25), Central High's average Standard Met or Exceeded rate is 38.4%; its average Standard Exceeded rate is 12.8%. Available grade-subject rates are averaged equally. The 25.6 percentage-point difference is the average Standard Met-only share across those same rows. These are averages of result rows, not the share of distinct students at the school. 280 student-subject test results underpin the school's assessment record.
How does Central High rank in California?
Central High is in the 36th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Developing, 2025). Central High ranks #946 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Central High?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 32.1% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 205 chronically absent of 638 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 2.5%; 17 unduplicated suspended students of 670 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 32.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 2.6%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Central High compare to other schools in Fresno?
Central High scores 51/100 (36th percentile) among California comprehensive high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 625 students. Use the schools in Fresno page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Central High?
At Central High in Fresno, 52.9% of socioeconomically disadvantaged students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 45.4% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Central High's rate for socioeconomically disadvantaged students exceeds its district average by 7.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: socioeconomically disadvantaged students (17.8% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (49.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). Among the reported ELA and Math proficiency gaps supplied for this school, the largest is 35.2 percentage points: students with disabilities trail the school-wide rate in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 102 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
How many students from Central High go to UC?
In fall 2025, 7 Central High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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Methods, source tables and limitations

How the Scope Score is calculated

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 7 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate95.5%92.9%25%
Exceeded standard12.8%20.3%22%
CCI overall Prepared50.0%51.7%20%
Met or exceeded38.4%43.8%18%
Chronic absenteeism32.1%22.7%5%
Suspension rate2.6%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)10.6%17.8%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

Interpretation and source limits

Central has an average Met + Exceeded rate of 38% and an average Exceeded rate of 12.8% across the reported grades and subjects, against 44% and 20.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

Central High is ranked #946 statewide · #2 of 4 in Central Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
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Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate95.5%92.9%25%
Exceeded standard12.8%20.3%22%
CCI overall Prepared50.0%51.7%20%
Met or exceeded38.4%43.8%18%
Chronic absenteeism32.1%22.7%5%
Suspension rate2.6%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)10.6%17.8%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.9% · index 60 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 20.3% · index 46 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
CCI overall Prepared
↓ vs CA 51.7% · index 54 on SchoolScope's high-school calibration scale; the state rate above is CDE's statewide student rate, not this school-model index
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.8% · index 52 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 22.7% · index 48 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 6.2pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 55 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.4pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 41 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ShowHide table 02 — By grade & subgroup

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1114121%37%21%21%57%+9

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 ELA equal-school mean: 48.6%; n=2080 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 111395%14%37%44%19%−4

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 Math equal-school mean: 23.7%; n=2074 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA13668.4%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math13815.9%
2023 · Grade 11 · ELA19057.9%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math19015.8%
2022 · Grade 11 · ELA24561.6%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math24321.0%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide1434%24%63%9%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged10252.9%+8+4
Hispanic/Latino8749.4%+1+1
White2676.9%+24+9
03Nearest high schoolsnearest by distance
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SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Susp
Central High ←—5136th percentile · Developing · statewide · 202512.8%38.4%2.6%
California average—57School average · no percentile20.3%43.8%3.3%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$59,013 – $119,880
Average elementary principal salary$130,684
Average middle school principal salary$134,789
Average high school principal salary$142,700
Superintendent salary$270,000

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

2025 Scope Score · CDE overall Prepared model · CCI 2025: 51/100. Earlier scores are shown under the legacy model. The score models differ, so their results do not form one trend.

MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 50.0% · numerator 66 students classified Prepared · denominator 132 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · overall Prepared rate 51.7% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) ·AP pathway rate 4.5% · AP-pathway numerator 3 · denominator 66 (CCI Prepared students).This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is this version's 20% high-school college-readiness score factor. The school rate is 66 of 132 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
202246/10032#1074California comprehensive high schools · 1,599 schools
202343/10022#1271California comprehensive high schools · 1,633 schools
202447/10033#1086California comprehensive high schools · 1,641 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

The legacy high-school model uses 2024–25 graduation records. Its readiness input uses the 2025 AP pathway share among Prepared students when available; otherwise it uses 2024–25 A-G completion. A reported zero remains zero. These inputs do not describe graduation or readiness in the earlier assessment years. The newer 2025 model instead uses CDE's overall Prepared rate.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 25.2% → 2025 · 32.1% · +6.9pp
Suspension rate2024 · 2.9% → 2025 · 2.5% · −0.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA14120.6%57.5%
2025 · Math1395.0%19.4%
2024 · ELA13626.5%68.4%
2024 · Math1383.6%15.9%
2023 · ELA19014.7%57.9%
2023 · Math1903.7%15.8%
2022 · ELA24525.3%61.6%
2022 · Math2436.2%21.0%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Graduation Rate
95.5%
AP pathway among Prepared
4.5%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings
A-G Completion
36.5%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
80.0%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A-G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

YearExcMet+AbsentSusp
202215.7%41.3%31.3%4.8%
20239.2%36.8%27.1%6.2%
202415.1%42.2%25.8%3.0%
202512.8%38.4%32.1%2.6%

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
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Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female—35.7%—
Male—27.9%—
Asian—27.3%—
Black/African American—39.4%—
Hispanic/Latino—33.4%—
White—27.5%—
Students with Disabilities—38.9%—
English Learners—42.9%—
Foster Youth—37.5%—
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged—34.5%—
All Students—32.1%—

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

06UC admissions, universitywide2023–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
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YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025141374.054.064.11
2024171664.074.074.15
2023221683.854.004.04

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2014.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
ShowHide table 07 — UC admissions by campus
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20257maskedmasked
Berkeley202413maskedmasked
Berkeley202311maskedmasked
Davis2025104masked
Davis2024115masked
Davis2023124masked
Irvine202554masked
Irvine20248maskedmasked
Irvine2023113masked
Los Angeles20257maskedmasked
Los Angeles202414maskedmasked
Los Angeles202313maskedmasked
Merced2025993
Merced202466masked
Merced20231210masked
Riverside202363masked
San Diego20246maskedmasked
San Diego20239maskedmasked
Santa Barbara2024106masked
Santa Barbara2023145masked
Santa Cruz202555masked
Santa Cruz202477masked
Santa Cruz2023115masked
Universitywide202514137
Universitywide202417166
Universitywide202322168

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

08College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
ShowHide table 08 — College destinations
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California104.8%
California State University3315.7%
California community college11856.2%
In-state private31.4%
Out-of-state, 4-year41.9%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled4220.0%

210 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 80% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

09Funding source detailCDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure
ShowHide table 09 — Funding source detail

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,844 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 15,742 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$201 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 625

Central federal expenditures attributed here$884 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 625

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,767 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

ShowHide how the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 57%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 2%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,844 per pupil
2020$12,002 per pupil
2019$11,995 per pupil
2018$11,136 per pupil
2017$10,390 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

10ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93722
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93722
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$80,285
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.94%
ZCTA population86,110
Median age32.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,500 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · UC fall first-year source records — masked = no numeric bound; + = partial observed count; Universitywide separately reported · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-27

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