Photo: Aaron T Harris · CC BY-SA 4.0Clovis’s public schools outscore 84% of California districts
In Clovis, 49% of tested students are proficient in math, above the California average (33%). The grade covers the public school district serving Clovis, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.
From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Clovis’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 580 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Clovis’s, its schools beat 95%, higher than their 84% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 65% and math 49% in spring 2022, against 47% and 33% statewide; 95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $16,075 per student, against $21,206 across California (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
18 elementary schools, then three middle and three high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Clovis Global Academy, Charlie Keyan Armenian Community School (private), Valley Crescent School (private) and Sierra View Christian Academy (private) are in town. Clovis Online Charter, an online school, is based here too; it isn’t counted as a local school. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Clovis’s grade
A−: better than 84% of California school districts, #132 of 847 California towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the California average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Clovis, with each school’s own grade.
7th grade in Clovis · depends on your address
Reyburn Intermediate
Grades 7–8 · 1,785 students · 23:1 students per teacher
Clark Intermediate
Grades 7–8 · 1,437 students · 22:1 students per teacher
Alta Sierra Intermediate
Grades 7–8 · 1,374 students · 23:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Clovis · depends on your address
Reyburn Intermediate
Grades 7–8 · 1,785 students · 23:1 students per teacher
Clark Intermediate
Grades 7–8 · 1,437 students · 22:1 students per teacher
Alta Sierra Intermediate
Grades 7–8 · 1,374 students · 23:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Clovis · depends on your address
Clovis East High
Grades 9–12 · 3,113 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Clovis High
Grades 9–12 · 2,779 students · 20:1 students per teacher
Buchanan High
Grades 9–12 · 2,551 students · 22:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Clovis · depends on your address
Clovis East High
Grades 9–12 · 3,113 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Clovis High
Grades 9–12 · 2,779 students · 20:1 students per teacher
Buchanan High
Grades 9–12 · 2,551 students · 22:1 students per teacher
Clovis’s public schools are run by Clovis Unified School District, which also serves Fresno. Parts of Clovis (4% of its land) are served by Fresno Unified instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Clovis vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Clovis’s borders.
Every school in Clovis
32 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 2 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Clovis Community Day Elementary and Garfield Center).
Questions about Clovis’s schools
Are Clovis’s schools good?
By California’s own tests, yes: the public schools Clovis children attend outscore 84% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #132 of 847 California towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 95%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Clovis in?
Clovis Unified School District, which runs grades K–12 and enrolls 43,611 students in 51 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Clovis are served by Fresno Unified.
Where do Clovis kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: Clovis East High, Clovis High and Buchanan High.
What is Clovis’s graduation rate?
95% of the class of 2023 in Clovis Unified School District graduated in four years, against 86% across California.
How much does Clovis spend per student?
$16,075 in Clovis Unified School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Clovis?
Yes: Charlie Keyan Armenian Community School (nonsectarian, grades PK–6, 168 students), Valley Crescent School (religious, grades K–8, 157 students) and Sierra View Christian Academy (religious, grades 1–12, 68 students). Clovis also has 1 charter school, free and open by application.
Parents talk
What Clovis families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Clovis → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.