Bullard High School (Fresno, California)

Bullard High School
Location
5445 N. Palm Avenue
Fresno California 93704
United States
Coordinates 36°49′02″N 119°48′36″W / 36.81722°N 119.81000°W / 36.81722; -119.81000Coordinates: 36°49′02″N 119°48′36″W / 36.81722°N 119.81000°W / 36.81722; -119.81000
Information
Type Public
Founded 1955[1]
School district Fresno Unified School District
CEEB Code 050973[1]
Principal Brian Beck
Faculty 100.0 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,560[2] (2006–07)
Student to teacher ratio 25.6:1[2]
Color(s) Navy, Columbia, and White
Athletics conference California Interscholastic Federation
Mascot Knights
Nickname Home of the Knights[1]
Accreditation WASC[3]
Publication The Charger
Yearbook The Lance
Website fresnounified.org/schools/high/bullard

Bullard High School is a public secondary school located in Fresno, California. Founded in 1955, it is part of the Fresno Unified School District, and as of 2011 had around 2,650 students on roll in grades 9-12, approximately 650 students per grade.[2][1]

Ethnic composition

As of the 2014-2015 school year, the student population was 41% Caucasian, 38% Hispanic,13% African American, 5% Asian and 3% Other. Approximately 3% of the students have been identified as English Language Learners.[1]

Athletics

Bullard High School offers a comprehensive Division I interscholastic athletics program with 24 different varsity-level sports.[1] The athletics program has produced Major League Baseball players including Steve Ellsworth, Dave Meier, Stan Papi, Randy Asadoor and Rex Hudler.[4][5][6][7] Former Fresno State and NFL quarterback Kevin Sweeney is another notable Bullard alumnus. The school has had consistent success in baseball, softball, volleyball (boys and girls), tennis, water polo, and soccer in which the 2009 boys team won a section title and were state championship runners-up, and has had recent success in varsity football, including a central section title in 2009. The girls soccer team won a section title in 2011 (also state championship runners-up) along with the boys basketball team that same year.

While not an alumnus, former National Football League head and assistant coach Mike Martz started his coaching career as an assistant coach for the Knights football team in 1973.

Notable alumni

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