Justin Garza High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Fresno, California
Justin Garza High in Fresno, California enrolled 2,095 students in 2024-25 with 91.7 full-time teachers, 22.9 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 26% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 36% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 30%
1,539 students in 2022-23, 2,073 students in 2023-24, 2,095 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 70.3 to 91.7.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,539 | 70.3 | 21.9 |
| 2023-24 | 2,073 | 86.1 | 24.1 |
| 2024-25 | 2,095 | 91.7 | 22.9 |
22.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 79 of every 100 California high schools
Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
2 AP courses and one counselor per 154 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Justin Garza High enrolled 1,078 students and had 7.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 72 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses2
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)7.0, one per 154 of the 1,078 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions72
- Chronically absent26.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
58.7% of students were Hispanic, 18.8% Asian, 12.8% White in 2024-25.
- Hispanic58.7%
- Asian18.8%
- White12.8%
- Black7.6%
- Two or more races1.5%
- American Indian0.5%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Justin Garza High scored proficient or above: 26% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 26% | 27% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
High schools in Fresno
33 public high schools in Fresno report 2024-25 enrollment; Justin Garza High is number 7 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside High | 2,858 | 21.3 | 63.1% |
| Bullard High | 2,485 | 21.4 | 44.0% |
| Clovis North High | 2,360 | 22.1 | 16.3% |
| Edison High | 2,339 | 21.5 | 62.1% |
| Clovis West High | 2,184 | 20.5 | 30.5% |
| Roosevelt High | 2,175 | 18.2 | 68.3% |
| Justin Garza High | 2,095 | 22.9 | 58.5% |
| McLane High | 2,056 | 19.4 | 72.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Justin Garza High
- Central East HighThe nearest public high school, 1.8 miles away: 1,741 students, 20.5 per teacher (2024-25).1.8 mi
- Central HighThe next nearest public high school, 3.7 miles away: 625 students, 15.9 per teacher (2024-25).3.7 mi
- Compare Justin Garza High with Central East HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Central Unified spends per student$16,198 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,198
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaJustin Garza High is the number 239 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#239 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher22.9 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.22.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Justin Garza High
How many students attend Justin Garza High?
2,095 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,539 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Fresno, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Justin Garza High?
22.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Justin Garza High a Title I school?
Justin Garza High has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Justin Garza High do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Justin Garza High scored proficient or above: 26% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Justin Garza High in?
Central Unified, NCES district ID 0607970. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060797014570 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.