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Bartlett Middle

Public Grades 7-8
2044th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,740 California Middle Schools
Better than 25% of California middle schools
Summary

Bartlett Middle enrolls 443 students in grades 7–8 in Porterville, California, and is part of Porterville Unified. Its biggest academic concern is English language arts (ELA): in 2025–26, 28% of students were proficient, compared with 46% in the district and 49% statewide. The result was also the lowest among the nearby schools, making ELA Bartlett’s clearest weakness.

Science is the school’s strongest subject by comparison, though results remain below district and state levels: 26% were proficient, versus 29% in the district and 36% statewide. Bartlett was 2 points above the nearby-school science average of 24%. Math proficiency was 20%, below the district’s 30% and the state’s 38%; its nearby-school position was less weak than ELA, but it was still 6 points below the local average. Eighth-grade results stand out as a particular concern: proficiency was 24% in ELA and 16% in math, both lower than Bartlett’s seventh-grade results.

Results are changing unevenly. From 2022–23 to 2025–26, science proficiency rose from 15% to 26%, narrowing its gap with the state from 15 points to 10. ELA stayed around 28% as the state improved, widening Bartlett’s state gap from 18 to 21 points; math rose from 18% to 20%, while its gap widened from 17 to 18 points. SchoolDigger ranked Bartlett at the 25th percentile and gave it 1 star in 2025–26; only nearby Earlimart Middle ranked lower. Its 17.8 student–teacher ratio was the second-lowest among nearby schools. In 2024–25, 97% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; California provides free school meals statewide, so this measure should be read in that context. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well Bartlett serves English Language Learner Students was at the 80th percentile in 2023–24, compared with the school’s overall 28th percentile that year. Its ranking for how well it serves Special Education Students rose from the 2nd percentile in 2023–24 to the 31st in 2025–26.

443
Students ?
17.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$23,102
Per pupil spending ?
97.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 335 North G St.
       Porterville, CA  93257-3471

(559) 782-7100

District: Porterville Unified


Students who attend Bartlett Middle usually attend:

High:    Granite Hills High

Feeder schools for Bartlett Middle:

Elementary:    Belleview Elementary
    Los Robles Elementary
    Olive Street Elementary
    Roche Elementary
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
89.2%
White:
7.2%
Asian:
1.4%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 14th percentile in 2015 → 25th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 21 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school25%
District avg36%
California avg42%
2,044th of 2,740
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 13% (2016) to bottom 25% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 3Middle Schools in the Porterville Unified
879th of 1,530Porterville Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202623.92044 of 274025.4%★☆☆☆☆
202523.92058 of 276125.5%★☆☆☆☆
202426.11990 of 278328.5%★☆☆☆☆
202325.12029 of 278127.0%★☆☆☆☆
202224.92001 of 274027.0%★☆☆☆☆
201916.52330 of 271514.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.32136 of 248013.9%★☆☆☆☆
201715.32209 of 250811.9%★☆☆☆☆
201615.72181 of 249712.7%★☆☆☆☆
201516.42142 of 247713.5%★☆☆☆☆
201328.81751 of 237926.4%★☆☆☆☆
201228.21690 of 225925.2%★☆☆☆☆
201128.61686 of 223624.6%★☆☆☆☆
201032.91498 of 217931.3%★★☆☆☆
200932.11415 of 206331.4%★★☆☆☆
200822.41620 of 200519.2%★☆☆☆☆
200720.01646 of 199917.7%★☆☆☆☆
200626.31340 of 180425.7%★☆☆☆☆
200533.71133 of 177736.2%★★☆☆☆
200424.41331 of 176924.8%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202217.71505 of 15311.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.7959 of 136929.9%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202458.4291 of 147880.3%★★★★☆
202341.3726 of 152152.3%★★★☆☆
202245.8578 of 154062.5%★★★☆☆
201931.21052 of 144227.0%★☆☆☆☆
201824.01305 of 13644.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.72032 of 251619.2%★☆☆☆☆
202522.21983 of 253321.7%★☆☆☆☆
202424.41925 of 255124.5%★☆☆☆☆
202326.51798 of 253129.0%★☆☆☆☆
202226.41779 of 250929.1%★☆☆☆☆
201914.62125 of 238010.7%★☆☆☆☆
201815.21999 of 226211.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202633.91511 of 235735.9%★★☆☆☆
202534.11507 of 239537.1%★★☆☆☆
202436.21429 of 238840.2%★★☆☆☆
202334.91453 of 237438.8%★★☆☆☆
202233.41513 of 235935.9%★★☆☆☆
201920.51871 of 221315.5%★☆☆☆☆
201822.91689 of 207218.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.81657 of 252934.5%★★☆☆☆
202532.81649 of 254235.1%★★☆☆☆
202434.61583 of 257938.6%★★☆☆☆
202334.71543 of 253139.0%★★☆☆☆
202234.21532 of 245837.7%★★☆☆☆
201923.01926 of 236918.7%★☆☆☆☆
201821.71848 of 223017.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.51809 of 251428.0%★☆☆☆☆
202526.11825 of 253428.0%★☆☆☆☆
202427.61771 of 255230.6%★★☆☆☆
202323.81917 of 253824.5%★☆☆☆☆
202223.91890 of 252725.2%★☆☆☆☆
201917.42081 of 240713.5%★☆☆☆☆
201816.22010 of 227311.6%★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202652.441 of 10661.3%★★★☆☆
202547.147 of 9550.5%★★★☆☆
202443.054 of 9442.6%★★☆☆☆
202383.56 of 8693.0%★★★★★

Military Connected

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20268.1173 of 1814.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202631.01102 of 160531.3%★★☆☆☆
202527.61186 of 156624.3%★☆☆☆☆
202417.31525 of 15521.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.81530 of 15310.1%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.11286 of 149013.7%★☆☆☆☆
20256.21460 of 15203.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.31415 of 15377.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.01401 of 15559.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.41503 of 16026.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.81462 of 14962.3%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2024)80th percentile+52 vs school
Migrant (2026)61st percentile+36 vs school
Hispanic (2026)36th percentile+10 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+9 vs school
Special Education (2026)31st percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)28th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)19th percentile-6 vs school
White (2026)14th percentile-12 vs school
Military Connected (2026)4th percentile-21 vs school
Disabled (2022)2nd percentile-25 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state
Science26%-10 vs state
Mathematics20%-18 vs state

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Students at Bartlett Middle are 89% Hispanic, 7% White, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 443 students attended Bartlett Middle.

Students who attend Bartlett Middle usually go on to attend Granite Hills High

Bartlett Middle ranks 2044th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026


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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