Fresno

Best Fresno suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·12 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
View of Old Town Clovis, California, looking down Pollasky Ave during the golden hour ~ 7:30pm.
Clovis$483k median · 23.6 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living C−Residents inactive
68
Schools score
overall 64 C+
2
Kingsburg, California, US ofA
Kingsburg$374k median · 23.9 min commute
Schools C−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
54
Schools score
overall 51 D+
3
Sanger Depot Museum, Sanger, California, USA.
Sanger$365k median · 23.5 min commute
Schools C−Cost of living BResidents inactive
53
Schools score
overall 52 D+
4
Fresno Skyline
Fresno$375k median · 22.4 min commute
Schools D+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
51
Schools score
overall 56 C−
5
Reedley City Hall — Reedley, Fresno County, California.
Reedley$335k median · 24.6 min commute
Schools DCost of living B−Residents inactive
46
Schools score
overall 50 D+
6
Documentary snapshot of city limit sign along SR180 on the east side of Kerman. Polaroid snapshot image taken in 2006. Photo by David Jordan. Please credit the
Kerman$371k median · 21.3 min commute
Schools DCost of living B+Residents inactive
45
Schools score
overall 45 D
7
The Selma Arts Center in Selma, California.
Selma$315k median · 24.1 min commute
Schools DCost of living BResidents inactive
44
Schools score
overall 49 D+
8
June 2015 Madera, California - Aerial (49394852076).jpg
Madera$360k median · 25.7 min commute
Schools D−Cost of living BResidents inactive
38
Schools score
overall 46 D
9
June 2015 Chowchilla California and San Joaquin Valley (49395056997).jpg
Chowchilla$364k median · 25.8 min commute
Schools FCost of living B−Residents inactive
28
Schools score
overall 41 D−
10
Picture of Earl Ruth Park in Parlier, California.
Parlier$256k median · 22.8 min commute
Schools FCost of living A−Residents inactive
28
Schools score
overall 42 D−
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Clovis (Aaron T Harris · CC BY-SA 4.0); Kingsburg (Omar Bárcena · CC BY 2.0); Sanger (Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0); Fresno (Etherealsmoke · CC BY-SA 4.0); Reedley (Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0); Kerman (David Jordan · CC BY-SA 3.0); Selma (Fruitianslip · CC BY-SA 4.0); Madera (formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0); Chowchilla (formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0); Parlier (Fruitianslip · CC BY-SA 4.0).