Fresno Unified School District

The Fresno Unified School District is a school district in Fresno, California, United States.

Fresno Unified School District
2309 Tulare Street
Fresno
, CA, 93721
District information
MottoPreparing College and Career Ready Graduates
GradesPK-12
SuperintendentBob Nelson[1]
Deputy Superintendent(s)Ruthie Quinto
School board
  • Luis A. Chavez, President
  • Christopher De La Cerda, Clerk
  • Brooke Ashjian
  • Valerie F. Davis
  • Lindsay Cal Johnson
  • Carol Mills, J.D.
  • Janet Ryan
Enrollment73,000
Other information
Websitehttp://www.fresnounified.org

Facts and figures

  • California's fourth largest school district[2]
  • 74,000 students[3]
  • $869 million budget
  • 76 different languages represented over the last five years
  • 1,575 children attend preschool
  • 25,400 adults attend adult education classes

Administration

Superintendent

Robert G. Nelson

Board of Education

  • Luis A. Chavez, President
  • Christopher De La Cerda, Clerk
  • Brooke Ashjian
  • Valerie F. Davis
  • Lindsay Cal Johnson
  • Carol Mills, J.D.
  • Janet Ryan

[4]

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

  • Ahwahnee Middle School
  • Baird Middle School
  • Bullard Talent Middle School
  • Computech Middle School
  • Cooper Academy
  • Fort Miller Middle School
  • Hamilton Middle School
  • Kings Canyon Middle School
  • Lawless Middle School
  • Rutherford B. Gaston Middle School
  • Scandinavian Middle School
  • Sequoia Middle School
  • Tehipite Middle School
  • Tenaya Middle School
  • Terronez Middle School
  • Tioga Middle School
  • Wawona Middle School
  • William John Cooper Academy
  • Yosemite Middle School

Elementary schools

  • Addams Elementary School
  • Anthony Elementary School
  • Ayer Elementary School
  • Aynesworth Elementary School
  • Baird Elementary School
  • Bakman Elementary School
  • Balderas Elementary School
  • Birney Elementary School
  • Bullard TALENT Elementary School
  • Burroughs Elementary School
  • Calwa Elementary School
  • Carver Academy Elementary School
  • Centennial Elementary School
  • Columbia Elementary School
  • Dailey Elementary School
  • Del Mar Elementary School
  • Easterby Elementary School
  • Eaton Elementary School
  • Edison Bethune Charter School
  • Ericson Elementary School
  • Ewing Elementary School
  • Figarden Elementary School
  • Forkner Elementary School
  • Fremont Elementary School
  • Gibson Elementary School
  • Greenberg Elementary School
  • Hamilton Elementary School
  • Heaton Elementary School
  • Hidalgo Elementary School
  • Holland Elementary School
  • Homan Elementary School
  • Jackson Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • King Elementary School
  • Kirk Elementary School
  • Kratt Elementary School
  • Lane Elementary School
  • Lawless Elementary School
  • Leavenworth Elementary School
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • Lowell Elementary School
  • Malloch Elementary School
  • Manchester GATE Elementary School
  • Mayfair Elementary School
  • McCardle Elementary School
  • Muir Elementary School
  • Norseman Elementary School
  • Olmos Elementary School
  • Powers-Ginsburg Elementary School
  • Pyle Elementary School
  • Robinson Elementary School
  • Roeding Elementary School
  • Rowell Elementary School
  • Slater Elementary School
  • Starr Elementary School
  • Storey Elementary School
  • Sunset Elementary School
  • Thomas Elementary School
  • Turner Elementary School
  • Vang Pao Elementary School[5]
  • Viking Elementary School
  • Vinland Elementary School
  • Webster Elementary School
  • Williams Elementary School
  • Wilson Elementary School
  • Winchell Elementary School
  • Wishon Elementary School
  • Wolters Elementary School
  • Yokomi Elementary School

Other schools

Alternative schools
  • Cambridge Cont. High School
  • DeWolf Cont. High School
  • eLearn Academy
  • J.E. Young Academic Center
  • Phoenix Academy
Adult schools
  • Cesar E. Chavez Adult School

Notable alumni

  • Henry Ellard (Hoover High School class of 1979) - NFL wide receiver, state champion in the triple jump
  • Cliff Harris (Cooper Middle School Class of 2005) - award-winning college football player; played for the University of Oregon 2010-11[6]
  • John Hoover (Cooper Junior High School Class of 1977) - Olympian silver medalist;[7] pro baseball player; Major League Baseball first round draft choice in 1984 by Baltimore[8]
  • Eric Kendricks (Hoover High School class of 2010) - 2014 Dick Butkus Award winner
  • Mychal Kendricks (Hoover High School class of 2008) - NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks
  • Barbara Morgan (Hoover High School class of 1969) - NASA astronaut; teacher in Space Project
  • Rod Perry (Hoover High School class of 1971) - former NFL defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams

See also

  • List of school districts in Fresno County, California

References

  1. Superintendent's Message Archived March 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. About Page Archived March 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. About Page Archived March 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Board Members". www.fresnounified.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. "Vang Pao Elementary School." California Department of Education. Retrieved on February 8, 2014.
  6. Canzano, John. 2011. "Ducks gamble and entertain, but size matters," The Oregonian (January 11, 2011)
  7. Woody, Doyle. 1993. "One for the Ages," Anchorage Daily News (July 11, 1993), p. K20
  8. Davis, Jeff. 1989. "Fun Back in Baseball for Hoover," The Fresno Bee (August 26, 1989)
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