Fresno Leader

In the 2023-24 school year, kindergarten was the largest grade in Fresno Unified School District, with 7,066 students making up 9.9% of the student body, according to the California Department of Education. This represents a growth of 0.5% compared to the previous year.

The grade with the second highest number of students was fifth grade, with 5,627 students, or 7.9% of the student body.

The school that had the highest number of kindergarten students in Fresno Unified School District during the period was Ewing Elementary School, while Irwin O. Addicott Elementary School had the fewest.

Overall, Fresno Unified School District enrolled 71,257 students, ranking as the third highest enrolled district in California for the 2023-24 school year. It also ranked third highest in the previous school year.

California's public schools face a growing financial crisis driven by declining enrollment and an increase in chronic absenteeism, both impacting the state's school funding model.

Enrollment, which peaked at 6.3 million students in the early 2000s, has steadily declined to under 6 million today, with projections indicating it could fall below 5.2 million by 2032. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.

At the same time, chronic absenteeism has surged from 12% pre-pandemic to 25%, disproportionately impacting younger students and jeopardizing their long-term success.

School	Total Enrollment
Addams Elementary School	753
Ahwahnee Middle School	682
Akira Yokomi Elementary School	701
Ann B. Leavenworth	760
Ayer Elementary School	546
Aynesworth Elementary School	522
Baird Middle School	603
Birney Elementary School	717
Bullard High School	2,371
Bullard Talent	753
Burroughs Elementary School	688
Calwa Elementary School	580
Cambridge Continuation High School	541
Centennial Elementary School	708
Columbia Elementary School	542
Cooper Middle School	552
David L. Greenberg Elementary School	526
Deborah A. Williams Elementary School	589
Del Mar Elementary School	465
Design Science Middle College High	242
Dewolf Continuation High School	153
Easterby Elementary School	635
Eaton Elementary School	509
Edison Computech	818
Edison High School	2,432
Edith B. Storey Elementary School	547
Elizabeth Terronez Middle School	696
Ericson Elementary School	747
Erma Duncan Polytechnical High School	1,186
Ewing Elementary School	844
Ezekiel Balderas Elementary School	640
Figarden Elementary School	584
Florence E. Rata	38
Forkner Elementary School	466
Fort Miller Middle School	604
Fremont Elementary School	438
Fresno High School	2,009
Fulton	13
Gibson Elementary School	372
Hamilton Elementary School	798
Heaton Elementary School	513
Herbert Hoover High School	2,021
Holland Elementary School	377
Homan Elementary School	523
Irwin O. Addicott Elementary School	45
J. E. Young Academic Center	1,266
Jackson Elementary School	332
Jefferson Elementary School	422
Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School	610
King Elementary School	557
Kings Canyon Middle School	915
Kirk Elementary School	411
Kratt Elementary School	607
Lane Elementary School	563
Lawless Elementary School	642
Lincoln Elementary School	505
Lowell Elementary School	307
Malloch Elementary School	516
Manchester Gate	670
Mario G. Olmos Elementary School	554
Mayfair Elementary School	553
McCardle Elementary School	464
McLane High School	2,045
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary School	561
Molly S. Bakman Elementary School	719
Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary School	322
Muir Elementary School	477
Norseman Elementary School	616
Phillip J. Patino School of Entrepreneurship	268
Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day	26
Phoenix Secondary	78
Powers-Ginsburg Elementary School	418
Pyle Elementary School	675
Robinson Elementary School	527
Roeding Elementary School	649
Roosevelt High School	2,198
Rowell Elementary School	593
Rutherford B. Gaston Sr. Middle School	792
Scandinavian Middle School	802
Sequoia Middle School	905
Slater Elementary School	712
Starr Elementary School	355
Sunnyside High School	2,749
Sunset Elementary School	404
Susan B. Anthony Elementary School	394
Tehipite Middle School	453
Tenaya Middle School	874
Thomas Elementary School	835
Tioga Middle School	711
Turner Elementary School	573
Vang Pao Elementary School	798
Viking Elementary School	649
Vinland Elementary School	554
Wawona K-8	675
Webster Elementary School	305
Wilson Elementary School	637
Winchell Elementary School	662
Wishon Elementary School	509
Wolters Elementary School	423
Yosemite Middle School	659