"a distinguished tradition of award-winning people and schools..." located halfway between los angeles and san francisco, the fresno/clovis area lies at the foot of the sierra nevada, in the geographical and economic heart of the agriculture-rich san joaquin valley. clovis unified school district is a k-12 public school system that serves the cities of clovis and fresno, some unincorporated areas of fresno county, and the rural community of friant. the district covers approximately 198-square miles, and has a student population exceeding 40,000.