McLane High

Summary:

McLane High is a public high school in Fresno, California, serving 1,945 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Fresno Unified School District, which is ranked 1082 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, McLane High consistently performs below the Fresno Unified and California state averages in standardized test scores across English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in 2023-2024, only 40.14% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 44.76% for Fresno Unified and 55.73% for the state. The school's performance in Mathematics is particularly low, with only 9.3% of 11th-grade students proficient or better, compared to 14.75% for Fresno Unified and 27.9% for the state. McLane High's graduation rate of 89.2% in 2022-2023 is slightly lower than the district average of 89.9% for Roosevelt High, and its dropout rate of 4.6% in 2022-2023 is higher than the district average of 7.2%.

Interestingly, the nearby Phillip J Patino School of Entrepreneurship consistently outperforms McLane High in academic achievement, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. In contrast, the nearby Erma Duncan Polytechnical High and Carter G. Woodson Public Charter School have similar or lower academic performance compared to McLane High. The high percentage of students (93.73% in 2022-2023) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch at McLane High suggests that socioeconomic factors likely contribute to the school's challenges.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 2727 North Cedar Ave.
       Fresno, CA  93703-2016


(559) 248-5100

District: Fresno Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1406th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,467 Help


Feeder schools for McLane High:

Elementary:    Ann B. Leavenworth
    Birney Elementary
    Ericson Elementary
    Ewing Elementary
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Middle:    Scandinavian Middle
    Yosemite Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  20.6 Help
Number of students:  2,045

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
75.0%
Asian:
14.3%
African American:
5.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details McLane High ranks worse than 60.5% of high schools in California. It also ranks 7th among 13 ranked high schools in the Fresno Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.62. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at McLane High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (75%), Asian (14.3%), African American (5.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at McLane High is 20.6. 9 high schools in the Fresno Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at McLane High is $10,467, which is the 6th highest among 13 high schools in the Fresno Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

McLane High:

SchoolDigger ranks McLane High 1406th of 2323 California public high schools. (See McLane High in the ranking list.)

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Fresno Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Fresno Unified 1082nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for McLane High

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Rank History for all students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 17.26 1378th 1653 16.6%
2005 19.39 1416th 1901 25.5%
2006 21.06 1375th 1968 30.1%
2007 23.94 1337th 2063 35.2%
2008 23.26 1393rd 2117 34.2%
2009 23.96 1673rd 2238 25.2%
2010 21.06 1580th 2281 30.7%
2011 20.75 1607th 2367 32.1%
2012 20.42 1609th 2354 31.6%
2013 17.61 1757th 2426 27.6%
2015 17.59 1529th 1994 23.3%
2016 19.97 1523rd 2039 25.3%
2017 21.51 1488th 2021 26.4%
2018 25.12 1440th 2017 28.6%
2019 24.09 1541st 2133 27.8%
2021 20.96 1018th 1290 21.1%
2022 18.75 1686th 2123 20.6%
2023 20.40 1695th 2348 27.8%
2024 30.62 1406th 2323 39.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.12 575th 938 38.7%
2019 31.54 706th 941 25.0%
2021 36.95 271st 467 42.0%
2022 30.95 800th 1044 23.4%
2023 34.69 620th 1323 53.1%
2024 28.58 895th 1350 33.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 26.53 1116th 1547 27.9%
2024 18.80 1396th 1534 9.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.67 1322nd 1862 29.0%
2019 27.96 1369th 1937 29.3%
2021 23.80 881st 1126 21.8%
2022 22.06 1505th 1943 22.5%
2023 23.71 1580th 2247 29.7%
2024 37.17 1228th 2235 45.1%
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Rank History for Migrant students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 9.44 98th 100 2.0%
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Rank History for Female students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.30 1406th 1760 20.1%
2019 21.06 1426th 1833 22.2%
2021 14.75 917th 1054 13.0%
2022 16.29 1577th 1858 15.1%
2023 20.69 1581st 2118 25.4%
2024 30.36 1344th 2098 35.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.02 873rd 1052 17.0%
2019 19.95 1025th 1117 8.2%
2021 30.83 389th 555 29.9%
2022 19.66 1083rd 1161 6.7%
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Rank History for Male students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.18 1263rd 1834 31.1%
2019 23.98 1375th 1880 26.9%
2021 19.71 908th 1122 19.1%
2022 18.69 1537th 1916 19.8%
2023 19.09 1631st 2207 26.1%
2024 29.13 1345th 2172 38.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.86 564th 581 2.9%
2019 2.40 570th 582 2.1%
2022 1.51 575th 581 1.0%
2023 2.92 707th 731 3.3%
2024 9.11 646th 712 9.3%
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Rank History for African American students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.60 508th 582 12.7%
2019 24.33 449th 592 24.2%
2023 20.00 601st 720 16.5%
2024 31.49 486th 721 32.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.81 1262nd 1742 27.6%
2019 25.39 1324th 1814 27.0%
2022 21.34 1466th 1861 21.2%
2023 23.13 1537th 2142 28.2%
2024 34.55 1265th 2125 40.5%
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Rank History for White students at McLane High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.57 917th 1222 25.0%
2023 10.52 1232nd 1434 14.1%
2024 14.14 1153rd 1406 18.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for McLane High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1137 158 505 765 25 n/a n/a 0 2590
1989 1004 160 551 715 34 n/a n/a 0 2464
1990 898 155 633 871 29 n/a n/a 0 2586
1991 776 146 708 827 23 n/a n/a 0 2480
1992 754 201 790 876 17 n/a n/a 0 2638
1993 704 235 881 967 18 n/a n/a 0 2805
1994 593 246 900 1044 20 n/a n/a 0 2803
1995 511 267 1029 1282 17 n/a n/a 0 3106
1996 511 267 1029 1282 17 n/a n/a 0 3106
1997 488 287 972 1392 29 n/a n/a 0 3168
1998 465 296 992 1468 22 n/a n/a 0 3243
1999 404 288 950 1437 23 n/a n/a 0 3102
2000 302 228 886 1244 22 n/a n/a 0 2682
2001 278 186 747 1121 13 n/a n/a 0 2345
2002 267 194 675 1098 18 n/a n/a 0 2252
2003 267 194 675 1098 18 n/a n/a 0 2252
2004 246 251 748 1205 20 n/a n/a 0 2470
2005 232 239 781 1352 15 n/a n/a 0 2619
2006 220 230 721 1436 22 n/a n/a 0 2629
2007 216 232 715 1475 22 n/a n/a 9 2669
2008 193 219 688 1402 22 n/a n/a 0 2524
2009 185 213 583 1358 23 4 8 0 2374
2010 178 204 601 1443 19 4 0 0 2449
2011 141 193 571 1458 24 5 8 0 2400
2012 141 204 518 1459 21 3 11 0 2357
2013 115 151 442 1361 20 2 11 0 2102
2014 96 126 376 1290 15 6 12 0 1921
2015 73 141 343 1222 9 5 12 0 1805
2016 67 137 333 1212 7 5 13 0 1774
2017 63 126 338 1241 5 8 13 0 1794
2018 75 105 349 1217 3 8 15 0 1772
2019 62 87 337 1298 5 8 15 0 1812
2020 61 76 331 1306 5 8 19 0 1806
2021 60 77 328 1396 8 6 23 0 1898
2022 54 92 280 1354 6 6 19 1 1812
2023 58 97 309 1434 9 8 27 3 1945
2024 59 111 293 1533 11 6 30 2 2045

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at McLane High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2590 114.3 22.6 n/a
1989 2464 110.4 22.3 n/a
1990 2586 108.7 23.7 n/a
1991 2480 108.8 22.7 n/a
1992 2638 110.6 23.8 44.3
1993 2805 106.4 26.4 39.5
1994 2803 104.4 26.8 53.5
1995 3106 117.0 26.5 57.5
1996 3106 117.0 26.5 57.5
1997 3168 115.8 27.4 67.4
1998 3243 117.1 27.7 71
1999 3102 119.0 26.1 71.6
2000 2682 122.4 21.9 72.6
2001 2345 117.4 20.0 70.4
2002 2252 99.3 22.7 72.1
2003 2252 99.3 22.7 72.1
2004 2470 106.2 23.3 70.6
2005 2619 107.3 24.4 77.4
2006 2629 111.0 23.7 81
2007 2669 121.8 21.9 79.4
2008 2524 137.8 18.3 86.8
2009 2374 125.4 16.1 86.5
2010 2449 128.0 19.1 86.9
2011 2400 n/a n/a 85.5
2012 2357 96.1 24.5 n/a
2013 2102 83.8 25.0 99.9
2014 1921 80.9 23.7 91.9
2015 1805 73.0 24.7 93.9
2016 1774 71.0 24.9 94
2017 1794 77.2 23.2 95.8
2018 1772 75.6 23.4 91.7
2019 1812 81.6 22.1 91.4
2020 1806 n/a n/a 93
2021 1898 74.2 25.5 95
2022 1812 97.2 18.6 93.4
2023 1945 91.8 21.1 93.7
2024 2045 99.0 20.6 94.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio McLane High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2590 114.3 22.6 n/a
1989 2464 110.4 22.3 n/a
1990 2586 108.7 23.7 n/a
1991 2480 108.8 22.7 n/a
1992 2638 110.6 23.8 44.3
1993 2805 106.4 26.4 39.5
1994 2803 104.4 26.8 53.5
1995 3106 117.0 26.5 57.5
1996 3106 117.0 26.5 57.5
1997 3168 115.8 27.4 67.4
1998 3243 117.1 27.7 71
1999 3102 119.0 26.1 71.6
2000 2682 122.4 21.9 72.6
2001 2345 117.4 20.0 70.4
2002 2252 99.3 22.7 72.1
2003 2252 99.3 22.7 72.1
2004 2470 106.2 23.3 70.6
2005 2619 107.3 24.4 77.4
2006 2629 111.0 23.7 81
2007 2669 121.8 21.9 79.4
2008 2524 137.8 18.3 86.8
2009 2374 125.4 16.1 86.5
2010 2449 128.0 19.1 86.9
2011 2400 n/a n/a 85.5
2012 2357 96.1 24.5 n/a
2013 2102 83.8 25.0 99.9
2014 1921 80.9 23.7 91.9
2015 1805 73.0 24.7 93.9
2016 1774 71.0 24.9 94
2017 1794 77.2 23.2 95.8
2018 1772 75.6 23.4 91.7
2019 1812 81.6 22.1 91.4
2020 1806 n/a n/a 93
2021 1898 74.2 25.5 95
2022 1812 97.2 18.6 93.4
2023 1945 91.8 21.1 93.7
2024 2045 99.0 20.6 94.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for McLane High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $10,467

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1541st of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1695th of 2348 High schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (McLane High)35.830.1
 5.7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fresno Unified)44.946.1
 1.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (McLane High)9.75.4
 4.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Fresno Unified)15.514
 1.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (McLane High)6.810.9
 4%
   11th Grade Science (Fresno Unified)15.318.5
 3.2%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (McLane High)87.7
 0.3%
   12th Grade Science (Fresno Unified)12.77.9
 4.8%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students18121945
 7.3%
African American8797
 11.5%
American Indian59
 80%
Asian337309
 8.3%
Hispanic12981434
 10.5%
Pacific Islander88
White6258
 6.5%
Two or More Races1527
 80%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.4%93.7%
 2.3%


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Students at McLane High are 75% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 5% African American, 3% White, 1% Two or more races.

McLane High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Ann B. Leavenworth
Elementary : Birney Elementary
Elementary : Ericson Elementary
Elementary : Ewing Elementary
Elementary : Mayfair Elementary
Elementary : Miguel Hidalgo Elementary
Elementary : Norseman Elementary
Elementary : Rowell Elementary
Elementary : Turner Elementary
Elementary : Wishon Elementary
Middle : Scandinavian Middle
Middle : Yosemite Middle

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,045 students attended McLane High.

McLane High ranks 1406th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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