Tenaya Middle

Summary:

Tenaya Middle is a public middle school in Fresno, California, serving 816 students in grades 7-8. 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, Tenaya Middle's performance is generally below the Fresno Unified and California state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 36.28% of Tenaya Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 34.72% for Fresno Unified and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian and Multi-racial students performing particularly poorly. Additionally, Tenaya Middle has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching 40.6% in the 2021-2022 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Baird Middle, Tenaya Middle generally performs worse academically. This may be due to the high concentration of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, as indicated by the school's high percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, ranging from 65.56% to 72.05% over the past few years. Addressing these challenges through targeted interventions, community engagement, and resource allocation may be crucial for improving the educational outcomes of Tenaya Middle's students.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 1239 West Mesa Ave.
       Fresno, CA  93711-2007


(559) 451-4570

District: Fresno Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1685th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,159 Help


Students who attend Tenaya Middle usually attend:

High:    Bullard High

Feeder schools for Tenaya Middle:

Elementary:    Figarden Elementary
    Gibson Elementary
    H. Roger Tatarian Elementary
    Kratt Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  21.0 Help
Number of students:  874

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
54.6%
White:
21.2%
African American:
11.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69.9% Help


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Compare Details Tenaya Middle ranks worse than 60.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 14 ranked middle schools in the Fresno Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.52. (See more...)
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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 (54.6%), White (21.2%), African American (11.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 69.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tenaya Middle is 21. 10 middle 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 Tenaya Middle is $9,159. 7 middle schools in the Fresno Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tenaya Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Tenaya Middle 1685th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Tenaya Middle 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 Tenaya Middle

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Rank History for all students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 46.60 852nd 1769 51.8%
2005 52.98 742nd 1777 58.2%
2006 54.18 740th 1804 59.0%
2007 53.88 817th 1999 59.1%
2008 53.67 839th 2005 58.2%
2009 59.73 753rd 2063 63.5%
2010 43.75 1211th 2179 44.4%
2011 40.28 1353rd 2236 39.5%
2012 42.97 1272nd 2259 43.7%
2013 32.51 1628th 2379 31.6%
2015 28.36 1685th 2477 32.0%
2016 29.85 1657th 2497 33.6%
2017 28.76 1701st 2508 32.2%
2018 39.66 1371st 2480 44.7%
2019 33.29 1674th 2715 38.3%
2022 31.73 1717th 2740 37.3%
2023 36.23 1586th 2802 43.4%
2024 33.52 1685th 2777 39.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.85 430th 462 6.9%
2019 8.24 509th 554 8.1%
2022 19.16 538th 665 19.1%
2023 12.24 587th 678 13.4%
2024 18.39 580th 699 17.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.03 902nd 1364 33.9%
2019 47.99 469th 1442 67.5%
2022 41.56 701st 1540 54.5%
2023 30.86 1182nd 1529 22.7%
2024 36.30 885th 1477 40.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 55.57 452nd 1538 70.6%
2024 36.85 869th 1550 43.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.93 1141st 2230 48.8%
2019 37.69 1400th 2369 40.9%
2022 33.00 1578th 2458 35.8%
2023 37.27 1457th 2549 42.8%
2024 32.39 1674th 2575 35.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.29 1203rd 2262 46.8%
2019 32.88 1525th 2380 35.9%
2022 32.53 1576th 2509 37.2%
2023 36.71 1427th 2547 44.0%
2024 36.54 1453rd 2546 42.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.99 759th 1369 44.6%
2019 40.28 742nd 1491 50.2%
2022 38.12 820th 1531 46.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.62 1380th 2273 39.3%
2019 32.48 1538th 2407 36.1%
2022 30.98 1612th 2527 36.2%
2023 35.17 1495th 2558 41.6%
2024 29.84 1682nd 2547 34.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.70 653rd 700 6.7%
2019 6.54 694th 745 6.8%
2022 4.82 693rd 733 5.5%
2023 3.18 689th 718 4.0%
2024 4.20 699th 741 5.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.56 232nd 600 61.3%
2019 34.60 399th 643 37.9%
2022 41.06 339th 637 46.8%
2023 33.05 407th 614 33.7%
2024 32.86 405th 626 35.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.75 1078th 2072 48.0%
2019 37.56 1324th 2213 40.2%
2022 32.92 1529th 2359 35.2%
2023 43.51 1174th 2391 50.9%
2024 39.82 1308th 2383 45.1%
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Rank History for White students at Tenaya Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.13 885th 1496 40.8%
2019 33.83 1074th 1602 33.0%
2022 32.03 1067th 1555 31.4%
2023 38.86 936th 1552 39.7%
2024 29.15 1074th 1535 30.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Tenaya Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 681 46 51 92 1 n/a n/a 0 871
1989 713 51 53 92 1 n/a n/a 0 910
1990 693 66 55 130 2 n/a n/a 0 946
1991 735 54 57 145 4 n/a n/a 0 995
1992 748 57 53 123 4 n/a n/a 0 985
1993 722 74 60 147 5 n/a n/a 0 1008
1994 673 92 71 203 4 n/a n/a 0 1043
1995 693 97 77 192 7 n/a n/a 0 1066
1996 693 97 77 192 7 n/a n/a 0 1066
1997 659 79 87 208 12 n/a n/a 0 1045
1998 686 82 80 199 11 n/a n/a 0 1058
1999 651 89 72 201 8 n/a n/a 0 1021
2000 617 73 81 224 8 n/a n/a 0 1003
2001 608 70 76 204 5 n/a n/a 0 963
2002 559 99 88 239 8 n/a n/a 0 993
2003 559 99 88 239 8 n/a n/a 0 993
2004 605 98 97 222 7 n/a n/a 0 1029
2005 562 109 84 225 7 n/a n/a 0 987
2006 502 97 67 282 11 n/a n/a 0 959
2007 491 125 68 296 10 n/a n/a 1 991
2008 474 130 76 314 7 n/a n/a 0 1001
2009 480 124 52 342 6 8 1 0 1013
2010 428 153 48 331 5 6 0 0 971
2011 360 129 47 367 5 8 2 0 918
2012 345 118 45 386 5 10 11 0 920
2013 313 146 42 424 6 8 16 0 955
2014 269 128 52 406 2 4 17 0 878
2015 246 109 50 415 6 7 12 0 845
2016 233 105 51 415 3 8 18 0 833
2017 235 113 49 417 3 8 20 0 845
2018 228 106 48 440 3 7 27 0 859
2019 212 112 42 509 6 6 29 0 916
2020 210 100 54 501 8 4 32 0 909
2021 176 95 53 475 6 3 40 0 848
2022 173 73 45 434 10 2 49 0 786
2023 182 86 52 434 9 3 49 1 816
2024 185 99 58 477 6 3 45 1 874

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

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Tenaya Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 871 35.8 24.3 n/a
1989 910 42.1 21.6 n/a
1990 946 43.3 21.8 n/a
1991 995 42.8 23.2 n/a
1992 985 43.5 22.6 12.8
1993 1008 38.8 26.0 14.4
1994 1043 40.7 25.6 21.2
1995 1066 44.4 24.0 16.5
1996 1066 44.4 24.0 16.5
1997 1045 44.6 23.4 20.1
1998 1058 41.0 25.8 16.7
1999 1021 43.0 23.7 20.2
2000 1003 43.4 23.1 21.2
2001 963 40.2 24.0 20.1
2002 993 42.0 23.6 25.1
2003 993 42.0 23.6 25.1
2004 1029 39.4 26.1 25.3
2005 987 42.4 23.3 27.3
2006 959 39.1 24.5 30.9
2007 991 41.4 23.9 34.2
2008 1001 45.4 22.0 31
2009 1013 40.9 21.8 36.8
2010 971 46.4 20.9 44.8
2011 918 n/a n/a 44.4
2012 920 40.2 22.8 n/a
2013 955 38.9 24.5 59
2014 878 38.8 22.6 58.3
2015 845 38.0 22.2 55
2016 833 38.0 21.9 58
2017 845 42.1 20.0 65.9
2018 859 37.0 23.2 70.2
2019 916 42.0 21.8 69.3
2020 909 n/a n/a 68.4
2021 848 37.1 22.8 72.1
2022 786 44.4 17.6 67.2
2023 816 40.3 20.2 65.6
2024 874 41.5 21.0 69.9

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 Tenaya Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 871 35.8 24.3 n/a
1989 910 42.1 21.6 n/a
1990 946 43.3 21.8 n/a
1991 995 42.8 23.2 n/a
1992 985 43.5 22.6 12.8
1993 1008 38.8 26.0 14.4
1994 1043 40.7 25.6 21.2
1995 1066 44.4 24.0 16.5
1996 1066 44.4 24.0 16.5
1997 1045 44.6 23.4 20.1
1998 1058 41.0 25.8 16.7
1999 1021 43.0 23.7 20.2
2000 1003 43.4 23.1 21.2
2001 963 40.2 24.0 20.1
2002 993 42.0 23.6 25.1
2003 993 42.0 23.6 25.1
2004 1029 39.4 26.1 25.3
2005 987 42.4 23.3 27.3
2006 959 39.1 24.5 30.9
2007 991 41.4 23.9 34.2
2008 1001 45.4 22.0 31
2009 1013 40.9 21.8 36.8
2010 971 46.4 20.9 44.8
2011 918 n/a n/a 44.4
2012 920 40.2 22.8 n/a
2013 955 38.9 24.5 59
2014 878 38.8 22.6 58.3
2015 845 38.0 22.2 55
2016 833 38.0 21.9 58
2017 845 42.1 20.0 65.9
2018 859 37.0 23.2 70.2
2019 916 42.0 21.8 69.3
2020 909 n/a n/a 68.4
2021 848 37.1 22.8 72.1
2022 786 44.4 17.6 67.2
2023 816 40.3 20.2 65.6
2024 874 41.5 21.0 69.9

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 Tenaya Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,159

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Tenaya Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1674th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1586th of 2802 Middle schools
 5.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tenaya Middle)4435.7
 8.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fresno Unified)37.132.4
 4.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Tenaya Middle)26.522.6
 3.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fresno Unified)24.320
 4.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tenaya Middle)36.236.8
 0.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fresno Unified)31.630
 1.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Tenaya Middle)27.721.1
 6.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fresno Unified)20.815.7
 5.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Tenaya Middle)17.522.9
 5.5%
   8th Grade Science (Fresno Unified)14.713.6
 1.1%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students916816
 10.9%
African American11286
 23.2%
American Indian69
 50%
Asian4252
 23.8%
Hispanic509434
 14.7%
Pacific Islander63
 50%
White212182
 14.2%
Two or More Races2949
 69%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.3%65.6%
 3.8%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 874 students attended Tenaya Middle.

Tenaya Middle ranks 1685th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Tenaya Middle usually go on to attend Bullard High

Students at Tenaya Middle are 55% Hispanic, 21% White, 11% African American, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more races.


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