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Fresno Unified School District The Fresno Unified School District is a school district in Fresno, California, United States. Facts and figures *California's fourth largest school district *74,000 students *$1.6 Billion Budget *76 different languages represented over the last f ...
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Fresno Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...
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. It is named for
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Performance

The school achieved an API index of 697 in 2008.


Notable alumni

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* High schools in Fresno, California Public high schools in California 1963 establishments in California Educational institutions established in 1963 {{California-school-stub