Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Brawley, California, one of the schools within Brawley Elementary. The school caters to 437 students in grades K through 5.

Within Brawley Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 3,883 students, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Imperial County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.6%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of +4.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Imperial County shows median household earnings sit near $57,681, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Imperial County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Padilla-Pace Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Miguel Hidalgo Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Miguel Hidalgo Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Miguel Hidalgo Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 437). Class-load math has tightened: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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