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Tulare City

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At a glance

1198^thof 1,543 California districts▲ 49

Better than 22% of California districts

Elementary 12 Middle 6Grades K-8

600 North Cherry St.
Tulare, CA 93274-2920·(559) 685-7200·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2025

2025: better than 22.4% of districts

Schools

9,289

Students

Top rankedAlpine Vista2355^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

Lincoln Elementary 20.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

1★

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

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Summary:

The Tulare City school district serves roughly 8,700 students across 17 elementary and middle schools, with a district-wide academic ranking in the bottom quarter of California.

Performance varies significantly between schools, with Alpine Vista Elementary and Pleasant Elementary consistently ranking as the top elementary schools, while Live Oak Middle is the highest-ranked middle school. In contrast, Mulcahy Middle and Roosevelt Elementary face the steepest academic challenges, with math proficiency at Mulcahy below 6%.

A key finding is the steep drop in math scores in middle school across the district, with no school meeting the state average. Schools with lower rates of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, like Alpine Vista and Mission Valley Elementary, generally perform better. However, chronic absenteeism is managed well district-wide and is not the primary driver of low scores, pointing to instructional and curriculum challenges, especially in middle school math, as the central issue.

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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)	% 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 (2025)	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 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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-6	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	365 South Howard St.	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

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tulare Joint Union High	0.5 mi	7	947^th
Liberty Elementary	2.34 mi	1	528^th
Tulare County Office of Education	4.3 mi	9	946^th
Sundale Union Elementary	4.32 mi	1	359^th
Oak Valley Union Elementary	4.82 mi	1	529^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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