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Best Public Schools in Tulare, CA

At a glance

Schools

18,061

Students

Districts

Top rankedSundale Elementary1957^th of 5,857 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Wilson Elementary up 966 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Sierra Vista Charter High 14.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Tulare, California is served by 30 public schools across eight districts, educating approximately 15,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade, with a mix of 18 elementary, 5 middle, and 7 high schools.

Parents will find notable performance differences between districts and school types. Top-performing elementary schools include Sundale Elementary in the Sundale Union Elementary district and Liberty Elementary in its own Liberty Elementary district, which consistently show strong test scores and very low chronic absenteeism. In contrast, middle schools within the larger Tulare City district, such as Mulcahy Middle, face significant academic challenges, particularly in mathematics.

The comprehensive high schools in the Tulare Joint Union High district, including Tulare Western High and Mission Oak High, report exceptionally high graduation rates above 96%. However, alternative high schools like Tulare Technical Preparatory High struggle with extreme absenteeism and lower graduation outcomes, despite much higher per-student spending, highlighting varied educational experiences within the city.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Buena Vista Elementary	Public	K-8	21660 Road 60	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Buena Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-2015	180	10	18.0	52.2%	46 (25.6%)	0 (0.0%)	131 (72.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	46.1	2821^st of 5857 public elementary schools	51.8%		51.9	2455^th of 5869 public elementary schools	58.2%	366	25.0	13.0			18.0	60.0	58.8	56.3	19.1	72.7	30.4		48.3	46.7	35.3	31.3	23.8	45.5	26.1		34.2						$34,489	$34,014	$475
Liberty Elementary	Public	K-8	1771 East Pacific Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Liberty Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-1675	861	38	22.6	48.5%	336 (39.0%)	18 (2.1%)	459 (53.3%)	21 (2.4%)	10 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.9%)	56.5	2231^st of 5857 public elementary schools	61.9%		60	2067^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.8%	164	27.6	33.3			30.3	61.9	50.6	42.5	52.4	52.2	42.1		50.4	54.8	46.5	31.0	35.7	28.9	36.8		38.9	95.5		96.6		96.6	$17,682	$14,934	$2,748
Oak Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	24500 Road 68	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Oak Valley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 688-2908	562	31	17.8	65.3%	101 (18.0%)	6 (1.1%)	447 (79.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	56.4	2232^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	61.9%		51.5	2472^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	57.9%	240	29.8	45.8			37.9	67.2	58.3	33.3	46.8	55.1	56.9		53.0	65.6	55.0	24.6	24.2	32.7	20.7		37.5						$36,436	$35,610	$826
Palo Verde Elementary	Public	K-8	9637 Avenue 196	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Palo Verde Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 688-0648	511	23	22.2	87.7%	29 (5.7%)	5 (1.0%)	470 (92.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	38.8	3298^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.7%		56.1	2238^th of 5869 public elementary schools	61.9%	1060	21.3	19.7			20.4	15.8	35.9	32.6	58.1	49.2	50.9		41.3	21.1	46.3	31.9	39.7	34.9	32.8		34.0	95.5	95.5		95.5		$40,463	$40,044	$419
Sundale Elementary	Public	K-8	13990 Avenue 240	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Sundale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 688-7320	840	33	25.4	39.2%	398 (47.4%)	1 (0.1%)	399 (47.5%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.9%)	62.1	1957^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.6%		64.1	1871^st of 5869 public elementary schools	68.1%	86	27.8	34.4			31.1	48.8	62.2	43.3	58.0	63.6	59.1		55.9	52.4	57.8	38.9	41.6	52.3	41.6		47.4						$26,266	$25,648	$618
Cherry Avenue Middle	Public	7-8	540 North Cherry St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7320	483	23	21.1	91.1%	49 (10.1%)	15 (3.1%)	399 (82.6%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	21.4	2170^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.4%		18.3	2330^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.3%	160		14.2			14.2					40.7	28.0		34.7					16.2	6.2		11.5						$16,223	$14,196	$2,027
Garden Elementary	Public	K-6	640 East Pleasant Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7330	689	29	24.0	79.5%	117 (17.0%)	20 (2.9%)	531 (77.1%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.9%)	39.7	3242^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	44.6%		38.3	3282^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	44.1%	40	27.7				27.7	51.1	47.3	37.0	30.0				41.3	39.1	40.4	28.7	15.4				31.0						$14,688	$13,086	$1,602
Frank Kohn Elementary	Public	K-6	500 South Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7340	617	27	22.7	88.7%	68 (11.0%)	21 (3.4%)	509 (82.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.6%)	20.5	4783^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	18.3%		20.6	4799^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.2%	16	16.4				16.4	22.7	35.8	21.9	29.6				27.8	22.7	28.1	6.9	22.5				20.4	98.3			98.3		$15,333	$13,620	$1,713
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	909 East Cedar Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7350	309	15	20.6	92.2%	13 (4.2%)	12 (3.9%)	277 (89.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	17.5	5056^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.7%		22.2	4658^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.6%	398	18.4				18.4	26.7	27.5	29.0	24.5				26.7	20.0	22.5	15.8	10.2				16.9						$21,191	$19,738	$1,453
Maple Elementary	Public	K-5	640 West Cross Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7270	574	26	22.0	93.4%	37 (6.4%)	7 (1.2%)	519 (90.4%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	16.7	5132^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	12.4%		9.8	5694^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.0%	562	12.6				12.6	22.7	28.0	24.2					25.2	27.9	22.3	9.5					19.5						$20,603	$19,184	$1,419
Mulcahy Middle	Public	5-8	1001 West Sonora Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7250	745	34	21.9	92.6%	34 (4.6%)	16 (2.1%)	679 (91.1%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)	11	2587^th of 2761 public middle schools	6.3%		16.1	2432^nd of 2783 public middle schools	12.6%	155	7.4	11.0			9.7			17.6	19.9	22.5	23.9		21.5			3.7	6.4	7.3	4.5		5.7						$13,856	$12,450	$1,406
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-4	1046 West Sonora Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7280	561	27	20.7	97.1%	21 (3.7%)	7 (1.2%)	520 (92.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	15.1	5253^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	10.3%		8.7	5742^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	2.2%	489						23.9	22.8						23.3	27.6	13.0						19.8						$18,432	$16,676	$1,756
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	955 East Tulare Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7260	487	22	22.6	93.6%	40 (8.2%)	13 (2.7%)	415 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.3%)	25.2	4371^st of 5857 public elementary schools	25.4%		14.7	5337^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.1%	966	16.4				16.4	33.9	30.9	23.9	33.3				30.4	46.2	21.8	11.9	20.3				25.1						$17,288	$15,836	$1,452
Heritage Elementary	Public	K-6	895 West Gail Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7360	597	24	24.8	85.4%	40 (6.7%)	19 (3.2%)	507 (84.9%)	21 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	27.2	4204^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.2%		22.1	4668^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.5%	464	25.3				25.3	35.6	32.9	40.0	24.2				32.9	33.8	30.1	23.0	7.5				22.9	98.1					$17,800	$16,168	$1,632
Tulare City Community Day	Public	6-8	505 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7376	4	1	3.8		1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													0.0								0.0
Cypress Elementary	Public	K-6	1870 South Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7290	562	23	24.3	87.5%	62 (11.0%)	17 (3.0%)	472 (84.0%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	21.6	4707^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.6%		22	4681^st of 5869 public elementary schools	20.2%	26	14.1				14.1	38.5	24.3	25.6	19.8				26.4	41.2	28.4	16.7	11.5				23.5						$16,006	$14,612	$1,394
Pleasant Elementary	Public	K-5	1855 West Pleasant Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7300	668	28	23.8	84.4%	38 (5.7%)	15 (2.2%)	585 (87.6%)	17 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.6%)	46.5	2795^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.3%		37.5	3336^th of 5869 public elementary schools	43.2%	541	18.0				18.0	51.3	43.5	48.5					48.0	51.8	27.2	31.0					37.6	98.3					$15,775	$14,364	$1,411
Live Oak Middle	Public	7-8	980 North Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7310	458	21	22.2	65.5%	102 (22.3%)	8 (1.7%)	327 (71.4%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.3%)	38.8	1527^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.7%		42.9	1375^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.6%	152		31.7			31.7					43.3	33.2		38.3					28.1	22.1		25.1						$17,018	$15,700	$1,318
Los Tules Middle	Public	6-8	801 West Gail Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-3156	569	25	22.5	84.9%	31 (5.4%)	15 (2.6%)	501 (88.0%)	16 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	28.3	1882^nd of 2761 public middle schools	31.8%		27.6	1916^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.2%	34		17.2			17.2				44.8	31.6	45.2		40.0				17.6	12.6	17.0		15.5						$14,610	$13,038	$1,572
Mission Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	1695 Bella Oaks Dr.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7396	671	28	23.8	61.3%	157 (23.4%)	22 (3.3%)	427 (63.6%)	44 (6.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.5%)	41.1	3144^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.3%		51.1	2500^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.4%	644	23.3				23.3	30.9	49.4	43.3	45.1				41.9	34.4	38.0	25.6	36.3				33.5	98.0		98.0		98.0	$15,624	$13,982	$1,642
Tulare Support	Public	K-8	505 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7376	19	3	6.2	84.2%	6 (31.6%)	4 (21.1%)	8 (42.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.3%)								(n/a)													0.0								0.0						$70,945	$69,676	$1,269
Alpine Vista	Public	K-4	2975 East Alpine Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-3135	659	30	21.9	51.1%	148 (22.5%)	23 (3.5%)	447 (67.8%)	21 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.9%)	54.2	2355^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.8%		43.5	2957^th of 5869 public elementary schools	49.6%	602						45.8	46.5						46.2	46.2	44.2						45.1	96.2					$16,645	$15,068	$1,577
Alpine Vista Middle	Public	5-8	2975 East Alpine Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7200	617	28	21.8	48.3%	145 (23.5%)	28 (4.5%)	417 (67.6%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	29.6	1843^rd of 2761 public middle schools	33.2%		23.4	2109^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.2%	266	24.6	25.2			24.9			35.1	42.5	32.7	38.9		37.2			20.0	20.1	12.0	18.5		17.5						$15,623	$14,022	$1,601
Tulare Technical Preparatory High	Public	9-12	737 West Bardsley Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-7400	35	4	9.2	97.1%	3 (8.6%)	2 (5.7%)	29 (82.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)								(n/a)
Sierra Vista Charter High	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	351 North K St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 687-7384	166	11	14.9	79.5%	31 (18.7%)	1 (0.6%)	123 (74.1%)	9 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	27.7	1536^th of 2162 public high schools	29.0%		30.5	1479^th of 2159 public high schools	31.5%	57			10.0		11.6							41.3	41.3							7.9	7.9						$33,689	$32,174	$1,515
Tulare Union High	Public	9-12	755 East Tulare Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-4761	1,616	76	21.1	75.3%	202 (12.5%)	57 (3.5%)	1,288 (79.7%)	17 (1.1%)	12 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (2.2%)	55.4	927^th of 2162 public high schools	57.1%		49.2	1020^th of 2159 public high schools	52.8%	93			23.9	28.6	24.1							59.3	59.3							24.2	24.2						$32,446	$30,692	$1,754
Tulare Western High	Public	9-12	824 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-8751	1,927	88	21.8	72.7%	224 (11.6%)	25 (1.3%)	1,579 (81.9%)	50 (2.6%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (1.9%)	56.3	901^st of 2162 public high schools	58.3%		55.2	875^th of 2159 public high schools	59.5%	26			20.3	15.0	20.0							64.7	64.7							27.0	27.0						$29,809	$28,238	$1,571
Countryside Community Day	Public	9-12	1084 South Pratt St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-7384	24	3	8.7	91.7%	5 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (62.5%)	2 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																											$72,010	$66,958	$5,052
Mission Oak High	Public	9-12	3442 East Bardsley Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 688-2021	1,678	80	20.8	66.3%	261 (15.6%)	36 (2.1%)	1,326 (79.0%)	25 (1.5%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (1.1%)	51.3	1015^th of 2162 public high schools	53.1%		48.4	1044^th of 2159 public high schools	51.6%	29			23.1	20.0	22.9							53.7	53.7							23.8	23.8						$30,793	$28,758	$2,035
Accelerated Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	4136 North Mooney Blvd.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 688-2021	152	9	16.5	86.2%	13 (8.6%)	4 (2.6%)	133 (87.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	10.5	2000^th of 2162 public high schools	7.5%		11.5	1976^th of 2159 public high schools	8.5%	24			0.0	0.0	0.0							4.2	4.2							5.3	5.3						$43,470	$40,784	$2,686
Waukena Joint Union Elementary	Public	K-8	19113 Road 28	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Waukena Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-3328	220	10	22.0	84.1%	17 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	203 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34	3651^st of 5857 public elementary schools	37.7%		31.3	3835^th of 5869 public elementary schools	34.7%	184	37.0	37.0			37.0	31.8	34.8	59.3	18.5	26.3	44.4		36.6	9.1	26.1	37.0	11.5	50.0	40.0		28.4						$41,947	$40,754	$1,193

Cities Near Tulare

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Visalia	4.85 mi	58	517^th
Farmersville	9.59 mi	6	805^th
Tipton	10.24 mi	1	600^th
Porterville	11.5 mi	36	598^th
Exeter	12.22 mi	8	448^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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