Muir Elementary

Muir Elementary is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in Fresno, California, run under Fresno Unified, educateing 469 students in grades K through 6.

Within Fresno Unified, which oversees 100 schools and 67,873 students, Muir Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Muir Elementary shows that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 12% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Muir Elementary shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at Muir Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, Muir Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.2%, the actual is 21.2%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Fresno County shows median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Muir Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fresno High, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Muir Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

Muir Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 544 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 11% to 6% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.