Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Set in Fresno, California, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school, operated by Fresno Unified. It instructs 572 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

Fresno Unified runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 67,873 students. Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 12% Asian, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.0%, the actual is 13.6%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fresno County shows 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. Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rowell Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Miguel Hidalgo Elementary. On composite proficiency, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 694 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Miguel Hidalgo Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.