# Central Unified

Central Unified is a unified district in Fresno County, California. Reading proficiency is 44.3%, +3.0 points from 2023 to 2025. Math proficiency is 30.0%, +3.4 points from 2023 to 2025.

## Key Stats

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Canonical URL | https://caschooltrends.com/districts/central-unified |
| County | Fresno |
| District type | Unified |
| Schools | 22 |
| Students | 15,956 |
| Student / teacher ratio | 23:1 |
| Average spending per student | $18,252 |
| Low-Income Students | 12,708 (79.6%) |
| English Learners | 2,097 (13.1%) |

## Reading Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 41.3% | 8,152 |
| 2024 | 41.8% | 8,342 |
| 2025 | 44.3% | 8,109 |

## Math Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 26.6% | 8,212 |
| 2024 | 28.7% | 8,421 |
| 2025 | 30.0% | 8,154 |

## Reading Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 38.2% | 56.3% |
| 2024 | 38.7% | 56.2% |
| 2025 | 40.7% | 59.9% |

## Math Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 24.0% | 38.9% |
| 2024 | 25.8% | 41.9% |
| 2025 | 26.9% | 43.6% |

## Reading Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 7.5% | 41.6% |
| 2024 | 6.5% | 42.4% |
| 2025 | 7.6% | 44.4% |

## Math Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 5.8% | 26.8% |
| 2024 | 6.3% | 29.0% |
| 2025 | 9.9% | 29.6% |

## Board Members

| Name | Role | Email | First Year | Term Expires |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jaspreet Sidhu | Trustee | jsidhu@centralusd.k12.ca.us | 2024 | 2028 |
| Joshua Sellers | Board Vice President | jsellers@centralusd.k12.ca.us | 2022 | 2026 |
| Nabil Kherfan | Board Clerk | nkherfan@centralusd.k12.ca.us | 2022 | 2026 |
| Yesenia Z. Carrillo | Board President | yeseniacarrillo@centralunified.org | 2018 | 2026 |

## Schools

| Rank | School | City | Reading | Math | Combined | Reading 2-Year | Math 2-Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | River Bluff Elementary | Fresno | 62.6% | 57.7% | 60.1% | +4.1 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Norman Liddell Elementary | Fresno | 59.4% | 51.8% | 55.6% | +7.4 | +8.6 |
| 3 | Herndon-Barstow Elementary | Fresno | 52.0% | 47.1% | 49.6% | +4.3 | +6.9 |
| 4 | Rio Vista Middle | Fresno | 58.3% | 40.8% | 49.5% | +1.7 | +1.5 |
| 5 | Central Online Home | Fresno | 43.4% | 44.6% | 44.0% | +9.2 | +35.3 |
| 6 | Central Elementary | Fresno | 50.1% | 37.4% | 43.8% | +3.1 | +2.7 |
| 7 | Houghton-Kearney Elementary | Fresno | 46.0% | 37.8% | 41.9% | -3.6 | +2.7 |
| 8 | Biola-Pershing Elementary | Fresno | 44.7% | 37.4% | 41.1% | +8.1 | +13.0 |
| 9 | Madison Elementary | Fresno | 42.1% | 39.2% | 40.6% | +10.9 | +9.0 |
| 10 | William Saroyan Elementary | Fresno | 46.1% | 33.8% | 39.9% | +5.4 | -2.2 |
| 11 | Justin Garza High | Fresno | 53.4% | 24.8% | 39.1% | -13.0 | -2.0 |
| 12 | Harvest Elementary | Fresno | 45.7% | 31.5% | 38.6% | +3.7 | +3.6 |
| 13 | Central High | Fresno | 57.5% | 19.4% | 38.4% | -0.4 | +3.6 |
| 14 | Central East High | Fresno | 49.9% | 12.8% | 31.3% | +1.7 | -2.8 |
| 15 | John Steinbeck Elementary | Fresno | 36.3% | 24.4% | 30.4% | +1.6 | +0.9 |
| 16 | Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary | Fresno | 34.1% | 26.2% | 30.2% | +3.4 | +7.5 |
| 17 | Teague Elementary | Fresno | 34.2% | 24.2% | 29.2% | +10.7 | +9.0 |
| 18 | El Capitan Middle | Fresno | 36.7% | 20.9% | 28.8% | +5.7 | +4.5 |
| 19 | McKinley Elementary | Fresno | 32.4% | 22.7% | 27.5% | +1.4 | -1.9 |
| 20 | Glacier Point Middle | Fresno | 32.5% | 16.1% | 24.3% | +0.4 | -0.3 |
| 21 | Roosevelt Elementary | Fresno | 30.2% | 17.5% | 23.8% | +6.9 | +0.9 |
| 22 | Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity | Fresno | 22.2% | 2.5% | 12.3% | +0.2 | +1.5 |