Is Miguel Hidalgo Elementary a good school?

Miguel Hidalgo Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Miguel Hidalgo Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 580 students attended Miguel Hidalgo Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Miguel Hidalgo Elementary?

Students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary are 78% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 5% African American, 1% Two or more races, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Miguel Hidalgo Elementary attend?

Students who attend Miguel Hidalgo Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Yosemite Middle High : McLane High

Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Summary:

Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is a public elementary school in Fresno, California, serving 580 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Fresno Unified School District, which is ranked 1082 out of 1568 districts in the state.

Miguel Hidalgo Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 5-10% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on standardized tests across all grade levels and subject areas. The school struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, with many ranking in the bottom 10-20% of California schools for their respective subgroups. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 17.7% in 2018-2019 to 36.7% in 2022-2023. This high rate of chronic absenteeism is a major concern, as it can negatively impact student learning and academic achievement.

Compared to nearby schools in the Fresno Unified School District, such as Winchell Elementary, Susan B. Anthony Elementary, and Ann B. Leavenworth, Miguel Hidalgo Elementary generally underperforms on academic measures, with lower proficiency rates and worse rankings. The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students at Miguel Hidalgo, coupled with the school's low academic performance, suggests that the school may be facing significant challenges in providing the necessary resources and support to help students succeed.

Detail:

Public K-6

3550 East Thomas Ave.
Fresno, CA 93702-1119

(559) 457-2930

District: Fresno Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5607^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,883

Students who attend Miguel Hidalgo Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Yosemite Middle
High:	McLane High

Student/teacher ratio: 17.6

Number of students: 580

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.3%

Asian:

13.6%

African American:

5.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Miguel Hidalgo Elementary ranks worse than 95.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 65^th among 67 ranked elementary schools in the Fresno Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.13. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (78.3%), Asian (13.6%), African American (5.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 99% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is 17.6, which is the 7^th best among 67 elementary schools in the Fresno Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Miguel Hidalgo Elementary employs 32.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary is $9,883, which is the 14^th highest among 67 elementary schools in the Fresno Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Miguel Hidalgo Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Miguel Hidalgo Elementary 5607^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Miguel Hidalgo Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Fresno Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Fresno Unified 1082^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	7.11	4768^th	4809	0.9%
2005	9.47	4676^th	4822	3.0%
2006	8.72	4681^st	4818	2.8%
2007	10.09	4913^th	5113	3.9%
2008	11.63	4841^st	5113	5.3%
2009	14.95	4733^rd	5193	8.9%
2010	11.61	5075^th	5314	4.5%
2011	11.40	5155^th	5377	4.1%
2012	14.12	5008^th	5390	7.1%
2013	14.68	5068^th	5530	8.4%
2015	11.18	5406^th	5611	3.7%
2016	14.23	5109^th	5614	9.0%
2017	13.76	5213^th	5692	8.4%
2018	11.66	5340^th	5662	5.7%
2019	19.97	4803^rd	5789	17.0%
2022	10.52	5693^rd	5883	3.2%
2023	14.37	5375^th	5874	8.5%
2024	11.13	5607^th	5862	4.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.58	2207^th	3246	32.0%
2019	36.17	2044^th	3275	37.6%
2022	23.84	3012^th	3311	9.0%
2023	40.93	1745^th	3250	46.3%
2024	39.68	1844^th	3160	41.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	35.81	1512^th	2634	42.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.84	4711^th	5084	7.3%
2019	29.05	3925^th	5173	24.1%
2022	13.90	5026^th	5264	4.5%
2023	19.46	4748^th	5374	11.6%
2024	14.96	5148^th	5511	6.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.76	5081^st	5413	6.1%
2019	21.29	4519^th	5492	17.7%
2022	12.96	5365^th	5635	4.8%
2023	14.69	5174^th	5617	7.9%
2024	10.47	5444^th	5605	2.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.62	1506^th	2128	29.2%
2019	25.05	2061^st	2585	20.3%
2022	16.51	2214^th	2227	0.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.69	5108^th	5431	5.9%
2019	20.87	4586^th	5510	16.8%
2022	10.07	5548^th	5663	2.0%
2023	16.16	5062^nd	5650	10.4%
2024	13.86	5245^th	5636	6.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	4.38	1091^st	1149	5.0%
2023	0.73	1172^nd	1190	1.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.63	4482^nd	4830	7.2%
2019	24.49	4071^st	4963	18.0%
2022	13.13	4896^th	5084	3.7%
2023	20.70	4440^th	5098	12.9%
2024	14.01	4816^th	5102	5.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

Review counts

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by a parent
Monday, August 7, 2017

I love this school they work with the kids...all 4 of my kids went there my baby still goes she is gonna b in the 6th grd now.. Its a good school..staff & teachers r nice.... I volunteer, working for them... Close Quote

Enrollment information for Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	73	18	479	216	1	n/a	n/a	787
1989	57	11	487	241	3	n/a	n/a	799
1990	59	17	549	254	3	n/a	n/a	882
1991	38	12	585	304	1	n/a	n/a	940
1992	38	3	635	283	1	n/a	n/a	960
1993	46	18	613	428	8	n/a	n/a	1113
1994	33	21	565	405	6	n/a	n/a	1030
1995	24	21	368	373	9	n/a	n/a	795
1996	24	21	368	373	9	n/a	n/a	795
1997	31	21	427	404	6	n/a	n/a	889
1998	22	18	350	372	8	n/a	n/a	770
1999	28	23	338	405	5	n/a	n/a	799
2000	27	30	297	388	7	n/a	n/a	749
2001	17	29	266	410	9	n/a	n/a	731
2002	20	34	231	418	3	n/a	n/a	706
2003	20	34	231	418	3	n/a	n/a	706
2004	23	29	214	414	3	n/a	n/a	683
2005	26	41	173	395	5	n/a	n/a	640
2006	17	33	163	390	5	n/a	n/a	608
2007	19	22	138	411	1	n/a	n/a	591
2008	37	29	187	515	3	n/a	n/a	771
2009	26	34	157	553	6	5	0	781
2010	35	30	143	572	4	4	0	788
2011	26	24	145	591	2	3	1	792
2012	18	20	132	591	2	1	1	765
2013	18	21	117	584	2	1	3	746
2014	19	18	112	580	2	0	4	735
2015	18	15	94	601	3	0	5	736
2016	12	22	90	583	2	0	9	718
2017	16	33	75	572	2	0	8	706
2018	12	38	70	563	3	0	8	694
2019	6	40	72	504	3	0	5	630
2020	14	37	71	500	3	0	8	633
2021	8	40	73	497	4	1	8	631
2022	9	26	60	456	1	1	4	557
2023	7	30	79	454	1	1	8	580

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	787	29.2	26.9	n/a
1989	799	35.2	22.6	n/a
1990	882	37.2	23.7	n/a
1991	940	39.2	23.9	n/a
1992	960	39.8	24.1	95
1993	1113	40.2	27.7	66.3
1994	1030	45.7	22.5	91.5
1995	795	35.1	22.6	95
1996	795	35.1	22.6	95
1997	889	36.0	24.7	94.9
1998	770	41.5	18.6	94.9
1999	799	41.5	19.3	95
2000	749	40.0	18.7	56.1
2001	731	38.0	19.2	99.6
2002	706	36.0	19.6	99.6
2003	706	36.0	19.6	99.6
2004	683	37.0	18.5	99.6
2005	640	36.0	17.8	99.5
2006	608	33.8	18.0	99.5
2007	591	33.8	17.5	53.6
2008	771	45.0	17.1	95.5
2009	781	43.0	16.6	95.6
2010	788	43.0	18.3	96.4
2011	792	n/a	n/a	98.9
2012	765	29.0	26.3	n/a
2013	746	30.0	24.8	99.6
2014	735	30.0	24.5	91.7
2015	736	32.0	23.0	97
2016	718	33.0	21.7	98.3
2017	706	31.0	22.7	97
2018	694	28.0	24.7	98.6
2019	630	28.0	22.5	97.3
2020	633	n/a	n/a	98.9
2021	631	15.6	40.2	99.5
2022	557	32.3	17.2	97.8
2023	580	32.8	17.6	99

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Miguel Hidalgo Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	787	29.2	26.9	n/a
1989	799	35.2	22.6	n/a
1990	882	37.2	23.7	n/a
1991	940	39.2	23.9	n/a
1992	960	39.8	24.1	95
1993	1113	40.2	27.7	66.3
1994	1030	45.7	22.5	91.5
1995	795	35.1	22.6	95
1996	795	35.1	22.6	95
1997	889	36.0	24.7	94.9
1998	770	41.5	18.6	94.9
1999	799	41.5	19.3	95
2000	749	40.0	18.7	56.1
2001	731	38.0	19.2	99.6
2002	706	36.0	19.6	99.6
2003	706	36.0	19.6	99.6
2004	683	37.0	18.5	99.6
2005	640	36.0	17.8	99.5
2006	608	33.8	18.0	99.5
2007	591	33.8	17.5	53.6
2008	771	45.0	17.1	95.5
2009	781	43.0	16.6	95.6
2010	788	43.0	18.3	96.4
2011	792	n/a	n/a	98.9
2012	765	29.0	26.3	n/a
2013	746	30.0	24.8	99.6
2014	735	30.0	24.5	91.7
2015	736	32.0	23.0	97
2016	718	33.0	21.7	98.3
2017	706	31.0	22.7	97
2018	694	28.0	24.7	98.6
2019	630	28.0	22.5	97.3
2020	633	n/a	n/a	98.9
2021	631	15.6	40.2	99.5
2022	557	32.3	17.2	97.8
2023	580	32.8	17.6	99

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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