Muir Elementary, Fresno CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Muir Elementary

Muir Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Fresno, a sprawling Central Valley city where agriculture remains a significant economic driver and where downtown revitalization efforts are reshaping how the city functions. The school sits in a neighborhood where single-family subdivisions predominate, though the school itself enrolls a close-knit and economically constrained student body.

The enrollment is small to mid-sized for an elementary school, with roughly equal distribution across the grade levels, though notably it tilts heavily toward Hispanic students and carries an exceptionally high proportion of students from low-income households. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial makeup is primarily Hispanic, with smaller populations of Black, White, and Asian students, plus a small number of students identifying as Native American or Pacific Islander. The school does not report separate enrollment data on English learners or students with individualized education plans, so that population profile is not available here.

The academic data from the most recent state assessment cycle shows persistent challenges across both English language arts and mathematics. In third grade, about one in three students met proficiency benchmarks in English, and in fourth grade just over half did, which represents the high point on the ELA side. Fifth and sixth grade ELA results dip sharply. Math performance is lower across all grades: fourth grade shows the highest attainment at about one in three students proficient, while fifth grade bottoms out at a very low level and sixth grade sits around one in six students proficient. Science proficiency in fifth grade, the only grade tested, also runs low. Across the school's tested subjects and grades combined, Muir's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Fresno County. State assessment results represent a single snapshot, and schools can and do improve with focused intervention; a parent may want to look into the school's specific improvement efforts and recent initiatives directly with administration.

The Fresno housing market is moderate in cost relative to national benchmarks, though rents have been rising. The neighborhood immediately around Muir falls within a zip code where median home values are accessible but mortgage payments remain substantial relative to median household income in the region. Renting is slightly more affordable as a share of income than buying, though both require careful household budgeting for families at lower income levels.

Fresno itself is undergoing real change. The city is actively working to revitalize its downtown core through housing development and infrastructure investment, with new mixed-income residential projects breaking ground and a future high-speed rail station integrated into downtown planning. The wider metropolitan area depends on manufacturing and agriculture alongside government and services employment. Day-to-day Fresno is a mix of car-dependent sprawl punctuated by genuinely walkable central neighborhoods like the Tower District and the Cultural Arts/Mural District; the school's own location reflects the car-oriented residential pattern that dominates much of the city.

Muir is a straightforward neighborhood public elementary school with no charter or magnet designation. It reflects the demographics and economic conditions of its immediate area. The academic performance data shows room for growth, particularly in math and in the upper elementary grades.

See more original research from School Decision →

Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 37% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 34% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 54%

School 4% · District 26% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 617%

School 17% · District 29% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 35% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 35% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 36% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 38% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Science

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 19% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

This schoolFresno Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.