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District profile / California

Fresno Unified

Fresno, California · Superintendent: Mao Misty Her · #3 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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68,131
Students
2024-25 school year
101
Schools
2024-25 school year
$15,565
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 13% above the California median
19.3
Students per teacher
2024-25 · California median 21.7

Fresno Unified is a public school district based in Fresno, California, serving 68,131 students in 101 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 100% of them. Its schools average 675 students each, more than the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Mao Misty Her. It spends about $15,565 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% more than the California median. It has roughly 19.3 students per teacher. We've matched 17 news stories to the district.

How Fresno compares

FresnoCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$15,565
California median $13,724 · 13% above · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$9,376
California median $8,321 · 13% above · FY2020-21
Students per school675
California median 533 · 27% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher19.3
California median 21.7 · 11% below · 2024-25
Students per counselor437
California median 474 · 8% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.29 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 16%State 72%Local 12%
MeasureFresnoCalifornia medianYear
Current spending per student$15,565$13,724FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$9,376$8,321FY2020-21
Total spending$1.22 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.29 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)3,526n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)8,417n/a2024-25
Students per teacher19.321.72024-25
Students per counselor4374742024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The California median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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Mao Misty Her

Superintendent, Fresno Unified

Source: California Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

In the news

17 stories matched

Peer districts in California

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DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Fresno UnifiedFresno · this district68,131101$15,56519.3#3
Elk Grove UnifiedElk Grove63,42167$12,17922.7#4
Long Beach UnifiedLong Beach62,64482$13,49823.7#5
Corona-Norco UnifiedNorco49,48753$12,31024.0#6
San Francisco UnifiedSan Francisco48,902113$17,41621.0#7

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Fort Worth ISDFort Worth, TX70,405$11,65314.9
Guilford County SchoolsGreensboro, NC67,620$11,25415.1
Milwaukee Public SchoolsMilwaukee, WI65,599$15,74316.5
Frisco ISDFrisco, TX65,289$9,39814.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ca-fresno-unified