Arthur E. Mills Intermediate

Arthur E. Mills Intermediate is a mid-tier elementary campus in Firebaugh, California, operated by Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified. The school caters to 511 students in grades 3 through 5.

Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,232 students. Arthur E. Mills Intermediate is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Arthur E. Mills Intermediate records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, Arthur E. Mills Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.9%; this one delivers 29.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Arthur E. Mills Intermediate is one.

Firebaugh Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arthur E. Mills Intermediate ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.3%.

Arthur E. Mills Intermediate operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 513 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 in 2025.

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