Elementary Schools in Porterville Unified

Summary:

Porterville Unified School District serves 5,255 students across ten elementary schools (mostly grades K-6) in a high-needs area, where the district overall ranks in the state's lower half.

Among these schools, Santa Fe Elementary stands out as the clear top performer, earning a 4-star rating with proficiency rates well above both district and state averages in core subjects and the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 7.5%. Other schools like Westfield Elementary show positive improvement trends. In contrast, John J. Doyle Elementary and West Putnam Elementary face significant challenges, with 1-star ratings and academic proficiency generally below 33%.

The data shows a strong link between attendance and achievement, and that higher per-student spending does not automatically lead to better results. A key finding is that Santa Fe Elementary achieves exceptional results despite serving a high-poverty population, demonstrating that success is possible within the Porterville Unified community. The district as a whole performs better than the state average in Spanish language assessments, indicating a potential community asset.

District Detail

600 West Grand Ave.
Porterville, CA 93257-2029

(559) 793-2400

SchoolDigger Rank:
978^th of 1543 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 13,893

Primary Schools: 10
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 8
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				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 (2024)
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	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th 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 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 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
Belleview Elementary	Public	K-6	197 West Belleview Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7110	377	16	23.2	95.2%	36 (9.5%)	5 (1.3%)	320 (84.9%)	6 (1.6%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.1%)	24.9	4412^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.7%		27.1	4194^th of 5869 public elementary schools	28.5%	218																	9.3	9.3	32.7	47.4	14.8	28.1	30.9	28.6	40.7	3.7	17.5	22.8						$18,885	$3,788	$15,097
John J. Doyle Elementary	Public	K-6	1045 East Orange Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7140	552	22	24.8	99.3%	21 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	513 (92.9%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	26.8	4241^st of 5857 public elementary schools	27.6%		22	4679^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.3%	438																	5.6	5.6	27.4	33.8	32.2	36.1	32.5	36.5	33.7	23.1	22.7	28.6						$18,794	$5,333	$13,461
Olive Street Elementary	Public	K-6	255 West Olive Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7190	624	24	25.5	98.6%	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	604 (96.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)	45.3	2869^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.0%		46.7	2753^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	53.1%	116																	13.8	13.8	54.8	39.1	41.9	47.6	45.6	57.7	34.0	23.4	36.6	37.5	95.3		96.2	95.3	96.2	$17,413	$3,937	$13,476
Roche Elementary	Public	K-6	388 North Roche St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7250	334	15	22.7	97.9%	27 (8.1%)	4 (1.2%)	295 (88.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	27.3	4190^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.5%		32.2	3759^th of 5869 public elementary schools	36.0%	431																	25.4	25.4	19.2	27.9	41.4	30.6	30.5	36.7	27.9	20.3	20.4	26.0	94.4			96.3		$20,804	$4,960	$15,844
Vandalia Elementary	Public	K-5	271 East College Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7260	556	22	25.1	97.3%	35 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	406 (73.0%)	9 (1.6%)	87 (15.6%)	4 (0.7%)	15 (2.7%)	37.7	3364^th of 5857 public elementary schools	42.6%		33.7	3628^th of 5869 public elementary schools	38.2%	264																	12.4	12.4	46.2	34.1	44.8		41.5	42.0	28.0	35.1		34.7	98.3					$18,206	$3,609	$14,597
West Putnam Elementary	Public	K-6	1345 West Putnam Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7280	478	20	23.7	96.4%	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	457 (95.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	21.9	4678^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.1%		21.8	4703^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	19.9%	25	13.4	4.4	2.0	7.4	41.8	6.7	23.5	26.4	11.9	8.9	3.9	8.6	6.0	4.4	2.0	4.3	12.3	12.3	28.1	24.1	27.1	26.6	26.6	37.3	30.9	13.7	22.7	25.7						$18,822	$4,225	$14,597
Westfield Elementary	Public	K-6	1151 West Pioneer Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7270	661	27	24.2	81.5%	107 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	511 (77.3%)	26 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.3%)	42.5	3042^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	48.1%		44.3	2904^th of 5869 public elementary schools	50.5%	138																	25.0	25.0	31.6	44.4	41.9	47.1	40.8	27.4	46.7	30.1	40.8	35.7	97.7			98.4		$17,977	$1,771	$16,206
Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	701 West Westfield Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7350	440	18	24.1	93.0%	40 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	386 (87.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	22.4	4641^st of 5857 public elementary schools	20.8%		19	4941^st of 5869 public elementary schools	15.8%	300																	6.9	6.9	37.7	20.9	22.4	32.3	28.3	36.1	19.4	24.1	20.0	24.7	96.4	96.4		96.4		$17,940	$4,154	$13,786
Los Robles Elementary	Public	K-6	500 East Mulberry Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7011	424	18	23.0	95.0%	39 (9.2%)	3 (0.7%)	364 (85.8%)	7 (1.7%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	26.4	4278^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.0%		29.4	3975^th of 5869 public elementary schools	32.3%	303																	14.5	14.5	43.1	10.3	36.2	28.6	29.9	37.9	24.1	24.6	21.4	27.0						$18,789	$4,129	$14,660
Santa Fe Elementary	Public	K-5	286 East Orange Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-6614	809	36	22.3	88.9%	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	795 (98.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	71.3	1543^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	73.7%		59.4	2094^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.3%	551	15.3	21.1	5.1	13.8	41.9	27.2	29.7	33.2	19.4	29.0	6.8	18.3	9.7	18.4	3.4	10.4	42.4	42.4	61.3	50.0	55.1		55.6	62.9	55.7	44.9		54.6						$18,754	$3,702	$15,052

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Burton Elementary	2.21 mi	7	830^th
Alta Vista Elementary	3.32 mi	1	1494^th
Monarch River Academy District	3.35 mi	1
Hope Elementary	3.49 mi	1	284^th
Rockford Elementary	4.82 mi	1	1034^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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.