Fresno Unified School District, California

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Fresno Unified School District
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Fresno County, California
District details
Superintendent: Misty Her
# of school board members: 7
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The Fresno Unified School District is a school district in California.

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Superintendent

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Misty Her is the interim superintendent of the Fresno Unified School District. Before taking on the position, Her served as instructional superintendent for school leadership and as deputy superintendent for the district.[1]

Past superintendents

  • Bob Nelson was the superintendent of the Fresno Unified School District. Nelson began serving as interim superintendent in February 2017 and was appointed full superintendent on September 13, 2017. He stepped down on July 31, 2024. Nelson's previous career experience includes working as a teacher, principal, and human resources administrator.[2][3][4]
  • Michael E. Hanson was the superintendent of the Fresno Unified School District from 2005 to 2017.[5] Hanson's previous career experience included working as an associate superintendent of educational services and as a principal.[6]

School board

The Fresno Unified School District Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held by district.[7]


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Elections

See also: Fresno Unified School District elections in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024

Elections for the Fresno Unified School District Board of Education are held in November of even-numbered years. Elections are staggered so that three or four seats are up for election at a time.

Three seats on the board were up for general election on November 5, 2024.


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Public participation in board meetings

The Fresno Unified School District school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[8]


District map

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[9]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $200,210,000 $2,857 16%
Local: $159,354,000 $2,274 12%
State: $927,308,000 $13,231 72%
Total: $1,286,872,000 $18,361
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $1,219,665,000 $17,401
Total Current Expenditures: $1,090,926,000 $15,565
Instructional Expenditures: $657,144,000 $9,375 54%
Student and Staff Support: $153,556,000 $2,190 13%
Administration: $114,776,000 $1,637 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $165,450,000 $2,360 14%
Total Capital Outlay: $91,886,000 $1,311
Construction: $90,580,000 $1,292
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $12,821,000 $182
Interest on Debt: $21,384,000 $305


Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year Minimum Maximum
2023-2024[10] $57,334.02 $105,116.11
2020-2021[11] $47,933.94 $87,882.10

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[12]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 18 25 10-14 15 <=20 11-19 35-39
2018-2019 30 39 17 27 25-29 36 45
2017-2018 27 35 15 24 20-24 35 44
2016-2017 24 32 14 21 15-19 31 42
2015-2016 21 28 11 18 15-19 28 40
2014-2015 18 23 9 16 10-14 27 37
2013-2014 49 59 31 45 21-39 50-59 68
2012-2013 49 61 36 46 40-44 50-54 64
2011-2012 49 61 37 46 40-44 55-59 64
2010-2011 46 58 36 43 40-44 50-54 61

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 47 61 25-29 44 40-59 40-49 60-64
2018-2019 38 48 24 36 30-34 46 55
2017-2018 37 46 24 34 30-34 45 53
2016-2017 34 44 21 31 30-34 40 52
2015-2016 31 40 19 28 20-24 37 51
2014-2015 28 34 17 25 25-29 32 47
2013-2014 41 43 28 38 21-39 50-59 67
2012-2013 41 45 33 38 40-44 40-44 64
2011-2012 42 45 34 38 40-44 40-44 64
2010-2011 40 44 33 36 40-44 40-44 62

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 87 93 81 86 60-79 80-89 86
2018-2019 86 90 78 86 >=80 80-89 86
2017-2018 86 91 83 85 60-79 70-79 89
2016-2017 84 91 79 84 >=80 70-79 86
2015-2016 85 91 81 86 60-79 85-89 82
2014-2015 84 91 82 82 >=80 >=80 84
2013-2014 79 87 73 78 >=80 70-79 82
2012-2013 76 83 73 74 60-79 60-79 80
2011-2012 75 82 71 72 60-69 60-79 82
2010-2011 73 81 66 71 60-69 >=50 76


Students

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 69,668 -0.3
2021-2022 69,873 -0.3
2020-2021 70,088 -1.7
2019-2020 71,265 0.2
2018-2019 71,152 -3.2
2017-2018 73,455 0.1
2016-2017 73,356 -0.1
2015-2016 73,460 -0.1
2014-2015 73,543 0.3
2013-2014 73,353 -0.5
2012-2013 73,689 -0.7
2011-2012 74,235 -0.8
2010-2011 74,833 -0.8
2009-2010 75,468 -1.5
2008-2009 76,621 0.2
2007-2008 76,460 -1.4
2006-2007 77,555 -1.9
2005-2006 79,046 -2.2
2004-2005 80,760 -0.8
2003-2004 81,408 0.2
2002-2003 81,222 0.2
2001-2002 81,058 2.5
2000-2001 79,007 0.3
1999-2000 78,766 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Fresno Unified School District (%) California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.7 0.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 11.0 0.0
Black 7.5 0.0
Hispanic 69.7 0.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.5 0.0
Two or More Races 2.9 0.0
White 7.8 0.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Fresno Unified School District had 3,496.23 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 19.93.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 383.34
Elementary: 2,155.15
Secondary: 957.74
Total: 3,496.23

Fresno Unified School District employed 54.00 district administrators and 245.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 54.00
District Administrative Support: 354.41
School Administrators: 245.00
School Administrative Support: 203.30
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 1,012.78
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 146.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 164.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 52.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 68.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 14.06
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 239.10
Other Support Services: 1,542.53


Schools

The Fresno Unified School District operates 101 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Addams Elementary800KG-6
Ahwahnee Middle6397-8
Akira Yokomi Elementary687KG-6
Ann B. Leavenworth772KG-6
Ayer Elementary575KG-6
Aynesworth Elementary530KG-6
Baird Middle5985-8
Birney Elementary708KG-6
Bullard High2,4929-12
Bullard Talent743KG-8
Burroughs Elementary713KG-6
Calwa Elementary597KG-6
Cambridge Continuation High5829-12
Centennial Elementary713KG-6
Columbia Elementary543KG-6
Cooper Middle5386-8
David L. Greenberg Elementary559KG-6
Deborah A. Williams Elementary603KG-6
Del Mar Elementary507KG-6
Design Science Middle College High2459-12
Dewolf Continuation High1597-12
Easterby Elementary669KG-6
Eaton Elementary475KG-6
Edison Computech7987-8
Edison High2,4669-12
Edith B. Storey Elementary564KG-6
Elizabeth Terronez Middle6386-8
Ericson Elementary767KG-6
Erma Duncan Polytechnical High1,1989-12
Ewing Elementary827KG-6
Ezekiel Balderas Elementary651KG-6
Figarden Elementary592KG-6
Florence E. Rata189-12
Fort Miller Middle6237-8
Fremont Elementary433KG-6
Fresno City And Fresno State Preschools0
Fresno High2,0929-12
Fulton187-12
Gibson Elementary411KG-6
Hamilton Elementary803KG-8
Heaton Elementary525KG-6
Herbert Hoover High2,0059-12
Holland Elementary425KG-6
Homan Elementary552KG-6
H. Roger Tatarian Elementary466KG-6
Irwin O. Addicott42KG-8
Jackson Elementary357KG-6
Jefferson Elementary454KG-6
J. E. Young Academic Center1,820KG-12
Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary559KG-6
King Elementary585KG-6
Kings Canyon Middle9327-8
Kirk Elementary377KG-6
Kratt Elementary562KG-6
Lane Elementary573KG-6
Lawless Elementary620KG-6
Lincoln Elementary498KG-6
Lowell Elementary339KG-6
Malloch Elementary450KG-6
Manchester Gate6782-6
Mario G. Olmos Elementary592KG-6
Mayfair Elementary602KG-6
Mccardle Elementary468KG-6
Mclane High1,9459-12
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary580KG-6
Mollie S. Bakman Elementary722KG-6
Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary341KG-5
Muir Elementary476KG-6
Norseman Elementary643KG-6
Phillip J Patino School Of Entrepreneurship2439-12
Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day211-6
Phoenix Secondary567-12
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary426KG-6
Pyle Elementary719KG-6
Robinson Elementary499KG-6
Roeding Elementary647KG-6
Roosevelt High2,2289-12
Rowell Elementary594KG-6
Rutherford B. Gaston Sr. Middle8217-8
Scandinavian Middle7647-8
Sequoia Middle8587-8
Slater Elementary676KG-6
Starr Elementary336KG-6
Sunnyside High2,8799-12
Sunset Elementary402KG-6
Susan B. Anthony Elementary430KG-6
Tehipite Middle4817-8
Tenaya Middle8167-8
Thomas Elementary754KG-6
Tioga Middle6707-8
Turner Elementary592KG-6
Vang Pao Elementary798KG-6
Viking Elementary712KG-6
Vinland Elementary517KG-6
Wawona K-8679KG-8
Webster Elementary315KG-6
Wilson Elementary670KG-6
Winchell Elementary681KG-6
Wishon Elementary513KG-6
Wolters Elementary419KG-6
Yosemite Middle6747-8

Noteworthy events

2020: Recall effort

See also: Terry Slatic recall, Fresno Unified School District, California (2020)

An effort to recall Terry Slatic from his position as the District 7 representative on the Fresno Unified School District Board of Education in California did not go to a vote in 2020. Recall supporters did not submit the necessary 7,338 signatures from registered voters in District 7 by the filing deadline on May 12, 2020.[13]

The recall effort started in October 2019 after a number of complaints were made about Slatic's behavior. The complaints included aggressive behavior toward an Army recruiter, threatening to kick students off of the cheerleading squad at Bullard High School, and demanding wrestling coaches of two high schools stop holding joint wrestling practice, according to The Fresno Bee.[14] Slatic said he represented his district to the best of his ability.[15]

Slatic was elected to a four-year term on the board on November 6, 2018. He defeated three opponents with 34.2% of the vote.[16]

2016: District one of 100 to pursue socioeconomic integration

The Fresno Unified School District was included in a list of 100 school districts pursuing socioeconomic integration. The school districts, which included 13 other California school districts and charter schools, were listed in a report published by the Century Foundation, a "progressive, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to foster opportunity, reduce inequality, and promote security at home and abroad," according to its website. The report showed that socioeconomic integration grew from two schools in 1996, when the foundation first started researching the issue, to 100 in October 2016, when the report was published. Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, praised the U.S. Department of Education for offering incentives for school districts to voluntarily use socioeconomic integration.[17][18]

The Century Foundation's report came five months after data released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in May 2016 showed schools across the country had been largely resegregated. The data showed that "the number of high-poverty schools serving primarily black and brown students more than doubled between 2001 and 2014," according to The Washington Post. The GAO said that those high-poverty schools did not offer students the same access to opportunities that other schools did and were also more likely to expel or suspend students for disciplinary issues.[19]

A 2007 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court stopped school districts from assigning students to schools based on race. Those in favor of integrating schools turned to a different integration method: using the socioeconomic status of students.[17]

Contact information

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Fresno Unified School District
2309 Tulare St.
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: 559-457-3000


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fresno Unified School District, "Interim Superintendent," accessed November 25, 2024
  2. ↑ Fresno Unified School District, "Interim Superintendent Bob Nelson," February 17, 2017
  3. ↑ The Fresno Bee, "Fresno Unified’s new superintendent hopes to bring peace amid controversy," September 13, 2017
  4. ↑ ABC 30 Action News, "FUSD Superintendent Bob Nelson leaving to become professor at Fresno State, district confirms," January 22, 2024
  5. ↑ The Fresno Bee, "After Fresno Unified board fires Superintendent Hanson, trustees quiet about reason," January 30, 2017
  6. ↑ LinkedIn, "Michael Hanson: Superintendent at Fresno Unified School District," accessed November 24, 2014
  7. ↑ Fresno Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed July 15, 2021
  8. ↑ Fresno Unified School District, "BB 9323 Board Bylaws: Meeting Conduct," accessed January 10, 2024
  9. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
  10. ↑ Fresno Unified School District, "Basic Annual Salary Schedule 2023-20214," accessed February 3, 2024
  11. ↑ Fresno Unified School District, "Basic Annual Salary Schedule 2020-2021," accessed July 15, 2021
  12. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
  13. ↑ GV Wire, "Slatic Recall Deadline Passes With No Signatures Submitted," May 14, 2020
  14. ↑ The Fresno Bee, "Fresno trustee Slatic threatens lawsuit, demands school board lift parts of censure," January 14, 2020
  15. ↑ ABC 30 Action News, "Organizers work to gather 10,000 signatures to recall FUSD trustee Terry Slatic," October 22, 2019
  16. ↑ Fresno County Clerk, "2018 NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS," accessed February 6, 2020
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Washington Post, "These are the 100 U.S. school districts that are actively pursuing socioeconomic integration," October 14, 2016
  18. ↑ The Century Foundation, "About the Century Foundation," accessed October 18, 2016
  19. ↑ The Washington Post, "On the anniversary of Brown v. Board, new evidence that U.S. schools are resegregating," May 17, 2016
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