- 5500 North Maroa Ave.
- Fresno, CA 93704
- (559) 451-4310
Magnet | Grades 5-8 | Fresno Unified
About Baird Middle School
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Baird Middle School is located in Fresno, CA and is one of 105 schools in Fresno Unified. It is a magnet school that serves 606 students in grades 5-8.
Magnet schools are public schools that offer a specialized curriculum or educational philosophy, often with a specific focus or theme. Magnet schools promote student diversity because they are open to students outside the normal school district boundaries and often attract high caliber students through competitive programs.
Baird Middle School made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Baird Middle School's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Baird Middle School had an API growth score of 830 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Baird Middle School's 2009 base score was 819 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Baird Middle School had 21 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Baird Middle School's students and teachers.
Baird Middle School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
50 %
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White
34 %
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Black
9 %
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Asian
6 %
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
1 %
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Pacific Islander
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 51%
- Female 49%
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