Type Public CEEB code 050973 Faculty 100.0 (on FTE basis) Phone +1 559-451-4320 Number of students 2,560 | Founded 1955 Principal Carlos Castillo Grades 9-12 Mascot Knights | |
Similar Fresno High School, Clovis West High School, Buchanan High School, San Joaquin Memorial, Roosevelt High School | ||
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.
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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.
Athletics
Bullard High School offers a comprehensive Division I interscholastic athletics program with 24 different varsity-level sports. The athletics program has produced Major League Baseball players including Steve Ellsworth, Dave Meier, Stan Papi, Randy Asadoor and Rex Hudler. 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.