Enrollment
289
California · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Fresno, CA
Career Technical Education Charter
Federal NCES profile for Career Technical Education Charter, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 42/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 060212414297Charter school
👥 S:T ratio 45
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 42
📋 Attendance 49
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Career Technical Education Charter earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of California schools.
- #8 of 25
- high schools in Fresno · Resource Index
- 42
- Resource Index · Typical
- 13.8:1
- small classes for California
- 45.8%
- free-lunch eligible
Career Technical Education Charter has class sizes smaller than 91% of California schools. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Career Technical Education Charter ranks #8 of 25 high schools in Fresno, CA.
School address
NCES ID 060212414297 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
13.8:1
vs 21.5:1 California avg
-36% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
45.8%
vs 55.5% California avg
-17% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Career Technical Education Charter compares with California and U.S. medians
What stands out at Career Technical Education Charter
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Career Technical Education Charter sits near the smaller end of the California enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Resource indicators are the standout signal
Career Technical Education Charter's economic-need measure is not at a state extreme, while its Resource Investment Index is. The campus outranks most California schools on the combined reported-resource measure, so the differentiator comes from staffing, counselor access, gifted programming, or attendance rather than from an unusually low-need population alone. The component breakdown identifies which inputs actually produce that placement.
No single support indicator dominates
Career Technical Education Charter's available federal support indicators do not reveal an extreme in advanced-course access, specialist staffing, chronic absence, or IDEA enrollment. The most responsible reading is therefore component by component rather than a sweeping verdict: current counseling availability, health support, program schedules, and attendance policy still warrant direct confirmation. Missing or middle-range federal fields are not evidence that services are either strong or weak.
Career Technical Education Charter is a mid-sized charter high school in Fresno, California, enrolling 289 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 13.8:1, Career Technical Education Charter is leaner than roughly 91% of California schools and 36% under the state's 21.5:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 45.8% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 289 puts it in the smaller third of California schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 9,998 scored California schools.
Against 755 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #103.
Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (60%) and White (19%) (diversity index 59/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 289 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 20.4% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
Among Fresno's high schools, it stands alongside Sunnyside High (2,858 students): Career Technical Education Charter is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (13.8:1 vs 21.8:1).
Career Technical Education Charter District is a single-school charter district, so Career Technical Education Charter operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Career Technical Education Charter compares
Career Technical Education Charter on the metrics families compare, against California and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs California | California avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 13.8:1 | ▼ 36% | 21.5:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 45.8% | ▼ 17% | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 289 | top 75% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
13.8:1
Leaner classes than 59% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
289
Bigger than 31% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
45.8%
free-lunch eligible
- 17% below the California average of 55.5%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
13.8:1
students per teacher
- 36% below state mean
Top 9% in California - lower ratio than 91% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
20.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 289 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 10 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
Hispanic or Latino 60.2%
White 19.0%
Two or More 8.0%
African American 5.9%
Asian 5.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.3%
Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 60.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 58.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 58.8, Career Technical Education Charter is more mixed than the California school average of 46.0.
Programs
AP program Not offered
Similar high schools in Fresno
6 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.
Sunnyside High
Standard public school
2,858 students 21.8:1 students per teacher
Bullard High
Standard public school
2,485 students 21.8:1 students per teacher
Clovis North High
Standard public school
2,360 students 21.7:1 students per teacher
Edison High
Standard public school
2,339 students 21.7:1 students per teacher
Clovis West High
Standard public school
2,184 students 22.3:1 students per teacher
Roosevelt High
Standard public school
2,175 students 18.9:1 students per teacher
Similar high schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of California, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~289 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~13.8:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Career Technical Education Charter
How many students attend Career Technical Education Charter?
Career Technical Education Charter has 289 students enrolled. It is a high school in Fresno, CA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Career Technical Education Charter?
The student-teacher ratio at Career Technical Education Charter is 13.8:1, which is 36% lower than the California average of 21.5:1 and 12% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Career Technical Education Charter?
45.8% of students at Career Technical Education Charter are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Career Technical Education Charter?
The largest demographic group at Career Technical Education Charter is Hispanic or Latino at 60.2% of enrollment, in Fresno, CA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 58.8/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Career Technical Education Charter?
Career Technical Education Charter has a Resource Investment Index of 42/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
How does Career Technical Education Charter rank among high schools in Fresno?
By Resource Investment Index, Career Technical Education Charter ranks #8 of 25 high schools in Fresno, CA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Fresno on the city page.
What other schools are in Career Technical Education Charter District?
None; Career Technical Education Charter District is a single-school charter district, and Career Technical Education Charter is its only campus.
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