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What's the one class at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455008845
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary
3550 East Thomas Ave., Fresno, CA 93702 · (559) 457-2930 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
562 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
37%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
20.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.0pp since 2014
Math
15.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp 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 16 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 14.2% | 20.6% | 59.4% |
| Math | 5.2% | 10.7% | 21.6% | 62.6% |
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 | 20.0% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 12.2% |
| 2022-23 | 15.6% | 17.4% |
| 2021-22 | 12.8% | 10.9% |
| 2018-19 | 27.3% | 28.2% |
| 2017-18 | 17.8% | 18.0% |
| 2016-17 | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Miguel Hidalgo Elementary
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary's state test result (16.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Hidalgo Elementary this school | 572 | 98.3% | 16.0% |
| West Fresno Elementary Fresno | 594 | 94.9% | 22.3% |
| Mario G. Olmos Elementary Fresno | 536 | 96.5% | 24.7% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary San Diego | 705 | 97.6% | 21.6% |
| Mayfair Elementary Fresno | 576 | 95.5% | 35.3% |
| Calwa Elementary Fresno | 568 | 95.8% | 24.3% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Miguel Hidalgo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #4,883 of 5,151 | #181 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #4,674 of 5,172 ▲ 223 | #177 of 185 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,836 of 5,172 ▲ 173 | #178 of 185 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,365 of 5,116 | #72 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #1,625 of 5,915 | #84 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #62 of 5,352 | #7 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #3,632 of 5,354 | #117 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #74 of 5,625 | #4 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #1,692 of 3,837 | #38 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
572
-59 (-9%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 940
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 42.1:1
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 | 572 | 35.5 | 16.1:1 | 98% (562) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 98% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 32.8 | 17.7:1 | 99% (574) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 15 | 42.1:1 | 100% (628) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 28 | 24.8:1 | 99% (684) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 33 | 21.8:1 | 98% (706) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | N/A | N/A | 99% (783) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 38 | 19.2:1 | 100% (728) |
| 1990-91 | 940 | 39 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miguel Hidalgo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (694 to 572); teachers up 27% (28 to 35.5).
About Miguel Hidalgo Elementary
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Fresno, California. The school counts 572 students across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Fresno Unified has 100 schools; together they serve 67,873 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary, with 79% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 12% Asian and 5% Black. Among all residents of Fresno County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.1:1, with 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 6.2 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 98%. That is 23 points above the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
The allk12 Grade for Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is -6.0 points: 16.0% actual, 22.0% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fresno County, the median household income is $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is one of 368 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Rowell Elementary, at about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 59 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 42.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary. 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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Other Miguel Hidalgo Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Miguel Hidalgo Elementary. Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryBrawley, CA · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Rowell Elementary0.4 mi · 555
- Yosemite Middle0.6 mi · 613
- Ann B. Leavenworth0.8 mi · 748
- Jackson Elementary0.8 mi · 319
- Tehipite Middle0.8 mi · 481
- Mayfair Elementary0.8 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary?
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary enrolls approximately 572 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Miguel Hidalgo Elementary serve?
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Miguel Hidalgo Elementary have?
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
How diverse is Miguel Hidalgo Elementary?
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 79% Hispanic, 5% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Miguel Hidalgo Elementary in?
Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.