Baird Middle

Baird Middle is one of the moderately sized middle-grades schools in Fresno, California, one of the schools within Fresno Unified, with 571 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Baird Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Baird Middle reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 29% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. Compared to Fresno County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Baird Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, Baird Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Baird Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bullard High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Baird Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Baird Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.5%.

Baird Middle operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Baird Middle has fell 7%, going from 613 students in 2018 to 571 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Baird Middle typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.