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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Fort Miller Middle this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
652
Middle
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001731
Fort Miller Middle
1302 East Dakota Ave., Fresno, CA 93704 · (559) 248-7100 · Fresno County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
638 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 322 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 51% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.6pp since 2014
Math
9.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.9% | 16.8% | 22.5% | 57.9% |
| Math | 2.9% | 6.2% | 19.2% | 71.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 18.1% | 7.9% |
| 2022-23 | 13.5% | 6.3% |
| 2021-22 | 16.5% | 4.8% |
| 2018-19 | 14.5% | 5.0% |
| 2017-18 | 13.1% | 5.6% |
| 2016-17 | 7.7% | 2.2% |
| 2015-16 | 12.0% | 2.0% |
| 2014-15 | 9.0% | 4.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fort Miller Middle
Fort Miller Middle's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Miller Middle this school | 652 | 97.9% | 13.7% |
| Rutherford B. Gaston Sr. Middle Fresno | 814 | 95.6% | 10.8% |
| Shandin Hills Middle San Bernardino | 709 | 94.9% | 16.3% |
| Fred L. Thompson Junior High Bakersfield | 714 | 91.6% | 19.9% |
| Elmhurst United Middle Oakland | 729 | 99.5% | 12.8% |
| Knox Middle San Diego | 488 | 95.7% | 20.3% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fort Miller Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,171 of 1,224 | #38 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,165 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #38 of 40 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,172 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #38 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #418 of 1,214 | #13 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #673 of 1,377 | #22 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #233 of 1,279 | #7 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #683 of 1,278 | #16 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #22 of 1,329 | #1 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #86 of 257 | #3 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
652
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 23.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 652 | 35.9 | 18.2:1 | 98% (638) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 36.5 | 16.6:1 | 98% (592) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 40.3 | 15.5:1 | 98% (611) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 96% (657) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 97% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 95% (640) |
| 2010-11 | 854 | N/A | N/A | 90% (767) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 35 | 22.3:1 | 86% (673) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 42 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Miller Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (582 to 652); teachers up 20% (30 to 35.9).
About Fort Miller Middle
Fort Miller Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves part of Fresno, California. Enrollment is 652 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8.
Fort Miller Middle is one school in Fresno Unified, a system of 100 schools with 67,873 students.
Hispanic students account for 69% of enrollment at Fort Miller Middle. Smaller groups are 14% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fresno County is roughly 55% Hispanic. Fort Miller Middle has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 18.2 students per teacher and 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, higher than at this school. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Fresno County averages 75%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Fort Miller Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fort Miller Middle is -8.6 points: 13.7% actual, 22.2% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fresno County show that median household income is about $74,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Fort Miller Middle is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County, which together enroll about 206,072 students.
Aspen Meadow Public is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Fort Miller Middle is behind the 42.5% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment was 687 in 2020-21 and 652 in 2024-25, a decrease of 35 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.7:1 in 2020-21 to 18.2:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Fort Miller Middle can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
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- Manchester Gate0.7 mi · 684
- Pyle Elementary1.0 mi · 647
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Miller MiddleHow large is Fort Miller Middle?
Fort Miller Middle enrolls approximately 652 students in grades 07-08.
Is Fort Miller Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fort Miller Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Fort Miller Middle have?
Fort Miller Middle employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Fort Miller Middle?
Student demographics at Fort Miller Middle are roughly 6% White, 69% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Fort Miller Middle in?
Fort Miller Middle is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.