Tehipite Middle, Fresno CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Tehipite Middle

Tehipite Middle is a seventh- and eighth-grade school serving a mid-sized enrollment in northwest Fresno. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black, Asian, and white students. The school is part of Fresno Unified School District.

On state standardized assessments, Tehipite's proficiency rates are very low across all tested subjects. In English language arts, roughly a quarter of seventh graders and about one-fifth of eighth graders scored at proficient or above on the 2024-25 CAASPP. In mathematics, the picture is steeper: around one in seven seventh graders and about one in twenty eighth graders reached proficiency. Science proficiency for eighth grade was under one in ten. These results place the school in the bottom quartile of proficiency among districts in Fresno County by overall performance index.

This pattern suggests students are entering middle school with substantial gaps in foundational skills, particularly in math. A parent should expect to understand what specific supports and interventions the school has in place to address these needs, especially whether there are structured programs to close reading and numeracy gaps before students move to high school.

Fresno itself is California's largest Central Valley city, predominantly car-dependent with low-density sprawl, though pockets like the Tower District and downtown cultural corridors (Chinatown, Little Italy, the Mural District) remain walkable. The region carries a strong agricultural economy. Housing values in the school's 93701 zip code are modest relative to California and the state benchmark. Rental costs consume roughly one-quarter of median regional income. Downtown Fresno is undergoing revitalization with state funding aimed at residential and infrastructure growth, including eventual integration of a California High-Speed Rail station, though whether that reshapes the neighborhoods surrounding Tehipite remains to be seen.

The district brief did not yield specific recent strategic shifts or policy changes affecting instruction, so readers should ask Fresno Unified directly about literacy and numeracy priorities, professional development in teaching reading and math, and how the district supports schools like Tehipite where proficiency gaps are wide.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 714%

School 14% · District 25% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 21% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 36% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 33% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Science

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 16% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 37% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.