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Buchanan High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1560 N. Minnewawa Ave.
Clovis, CA 93611
Phone
(559) 327-3000
District
CLOVIS UNIFIED
County
FRESNO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2685
Classroom Teachers
118

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Buchanan High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
67%
41%
84%
54%
49%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 727 27.1%
Grade 10 651 24.2%
Grade 11 641 23.9%
Grade 12 666 24.8%
Total 2685 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 48.5% 36.5% 22.7%
Black 2.9% 3.3% 5.4%
Hispanic 34.6% 41.4% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 13.1% 17.9% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 1.0% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 36.7% 48.2% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 25.0% 32.3% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.7% 15.8% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 229,281 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,189.4 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.9% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.9% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.4% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.3% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 78,051 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 9.6% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.1% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.4% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.1% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.3% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.2% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.5% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.3% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 5.5% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,870 $299,724,360 52.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $967 $42,188,276 7.4%
Staff $653 $28,489,084 5.0%
General Administration $96 $4,188,288 0.7%
School Administration $676 $29,492,528 5.2%
Operation $1,266 $55,233,048 9.7%
Transportation $262 $11,430,536 2.0%
Other $449 $19,588,972 3.4%
Total Support $4,369 $190,610,732 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,780 $77,657,840 13.7%
Total Expenditures $13,018 $567,949,304 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%