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Liberty High → University High → Farber School of Credit Attainment → Crescent View South II → Big Picture Educational Academy → Kerman High → Washington High → Carter G. Woodson Public Charter →How Central High compares for families
What families should know about Central High.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Liberty High, University High, Farber School of Credit Attainment and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -12.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 625 students:
≈ 305 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $15,922 per student in district revenue, the 305 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $4,856,210/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty High Madera |
Public | 11.8 | 748 | +24.9% |
| University High Fresno |
Public · charter | 12.9 | 498 | +2.3% |
| Farber School of Credit Attainment Fresno |
Public | 11.9 | 439 | +19.9% |
| Crescent View South II Fresno |
Public · charter | 6.4 | 1,260 | +9.3% |
| Big Picture Educational Academy Fresno |
Public · charter | 9.3 | 348 | -4.7% |
| Kerman High Kerman |
Public | 5.7 | 1,493 | +1.1% |
| Washington High Fresno |
Public | 12.8 | 1,096 | -12.5% |
| Carter G. Woodson Public Charter Fresno |
Public · charter | 11.2 | 330 | +0.3% |