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Bartlett Middle

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Bartlett Middle ranks 2058 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

2058^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 25% of California middle schools

Summary

Bartlett Middle is a public school serving 443 students in grades 7-8 within the Porterville Unified School District in Porterville, CA, and it consistently ranks among the lowest-performing middle schools in the state.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in English, Math, and Science well below both district and state averages. Chronic student absenteeism is also higher here than at nearby schools like Pioneer Middle and Sequoia Middle. Interestingly, despite these struggles, Bartlett Middle spends more per student and has a lower student-teacher ratio than these comparison schools, suggesting that factors beyond basic resources are influencing outcomes.

The school's performance varies dramatically for different groups of students. It shows notable strength in supporting English Learners and migrant students, but has severe difficulties in serving students with special education needs. There is also a large performance gap between 7th and 8th graders. While the school serves a very high-need population, its lower performance compared to other schools in Porterville Unified with similar demographics indicates that school-level practices play a crucial role in student success.

443

Students ?

17.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,102

Per pupil spending ?

97.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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: Holding steady — 26th percentile in 2013 → 25th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% 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 (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg32%

California avg41%

2,058^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 25%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Porterville Unified

978^th of 1,543Porterville 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	2058 of 2761	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	1990 of 2783	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	2029 of 2781	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	2001 of 2740	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.5	2330 of 2715	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	2136 of 2480	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.3	2209 of 2508	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	15.7	2181 of 2497	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.4	2142 of 2477	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.8	1751 of 2379	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	28.2	1690 of 2259	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	28.6	1686 of 2236	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.9	1498 of 2179	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	32.1	1415 of 2063	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	22.4	1620 of 2005	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	20.0	1646 of 1999	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	26.3	1340 of 1804	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	33.7	1133 of 1777	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2004	24.4	1331 of 1769	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	17.7	1505 of 1531	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	29.7	959 of 1369	29.9%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	58.4	291 of 1478	80.3%	★★★★☆
2023	41.3	726 of 1521	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.8	578 of 1540	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.2	1052 of 1442	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	1305 of 1364	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.2	1983 of 2533	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	1925 of 2551	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.5	1798 of 2531	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	1779 of 2509	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	2125 of 2380	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	1999 of 2262	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.1	1507 of 2395	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.2	1429 of 2388	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.9	1453 of 2374	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.4	1513 of 2359	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.5	1871 of 2213	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	1689 of 2072	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	1649 of 2542	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.6	1583 of 2579	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.7	1543 of 2531	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.2	1532 of 2458	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.0	1926 of 2369	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.7	1848 of 2230	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	1825 of 2534	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.6	1771 of 2552	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.8	1917 of 2538	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	1890 of 2527	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.4	2081 of 2407	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	2010 of 2273	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.1	47 of 95	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.0	54 of 94	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	83.5	6 of 86	93.0%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	1186 of 1566	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.3	1525 of 1552	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	1530 of 1531	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.2	1460 of 1520	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	1415 of 1537	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	1401 of 1555	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.4	1503 of 1602	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.8	1462 of 1496	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)51st percentile+25 vs school

Hispanic (2025)37th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)28th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)24th percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)4th percentile-22 vs school

Disabled (2022)2nd percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Mathematics20%-17 vs state

Science18%-14 vs state

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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)					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	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bartlett Middle	Public	7-8	335 North G St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7100	443	25	17.8	97.1%	32 (7.2%)	2 (0.5%)	395 (89.2%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.1%)	23.9	2058^th of 2761 public middle schools	25.5%		26.1	1990^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.5%	68																		18.4	18.4			34.8	21.9	28.2			22.6	18.4	20.4	$23,102	$21,990	$1,112
Pioneer Middle	Public	6-8	225 East College Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7200	754	39	19.4	93.9%	24 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	658 (87.3%)	9 (1.2%)	52 (6.9%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.3%)	36.9	1585^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.6%		39.8	1470^th of 2783 public middle schools	47.2%	115	1.0	15.0	13.7	8.2	9.3	38.3	27.5	22.1	8.3	33.3	25.5	19.8	1.0	3.3	17.7	5.8		20.2	20.2		33.9	42.7	47.4	41.9		16.8	27.6	27.6	24.7	$18,859	$17,604	$1,255
Sequoia Middle	Public	7-8	1450 West Castle Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 788-0923	532	25	21.2	85.5%	67 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	435 (81.8%)	16 (3.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.9%)	52.6	1114^th of 2761 public middle schools	59.7%		50.3	1163^rd of 2783 public middle schools	58.2%	49																		31.8	31.8			52.3	50.7	51.5			31.3	28.5	29.9	$22,206	$20,926	$1,280
Burton Community Day	Public	2-8	264 North Westwood St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 781-8020	1	1	2.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Burton Middle	Public	7-8	1155 North Elderwood St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 781-2671	586	28	20.5	83.6%	69 (11.8%)	3 (0.5%)	450 (76.8%)	33 (5.6%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.1%)	43.5	1381^st of 2761 public middle schools	50.0%		40.2	1452^nd of 2783 public middle schools	47.8%	71																		14.3	14.3			37.5	46.6	41.8			35.5	37.5	36.4	$20,137	$19,758	$379
Buena Vista Community Day	Public	4-8	18900 Ave. 145	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Pleasant View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 788-2002	2	1	1.9		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (50.0%)								(n/a)																														$42,535	$39,520	$3,015
Carl Smith Middle	Public	6-8	23825 Avenue 92	Terra Bella	93270	Tulare County	Terra Bella Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 535-4451	262	13	20.1	93.1%	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	256 (97.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	37.2	1571^st of 2761 public middle schools	43.1%		36.9	1569^th of 2783 public middle schools	43.6%	2																		31.0	31.0		35.3	43.3	44.1	40.9		14.0	17.8	32.9	21.5	$24,123	$23,424	$699
Pixley Middle	Public	6-8	1520 East Ct. St.	Pixley	93256	Tulare County	Pixley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 757-3018	297	17	17.1	96.3%	4 (1.3%)	4 (1.3%)	286 (96.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.3	1886^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.7%		31	1770^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.4%	116																		12.4	12.4		33.7	45.9	32.0	37.7		23.3	19.4	18.6	20.3	$27,364	$24,294	$3,070
Wilson Middle	Public	6-8	710 West Maple St.	Exeter	93221	Tulare County	Exeter Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 592-2144	523	28	18.8	79.9%	131 (25.0%)	1 (0.2%)	385 (73.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	37	1580^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.8%		33	1704^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.8%	124																		31.5	31.5		41.5	34.0	35.4	37.0		31.1	24.3	21.6	25.6	$26,567	$25,506	$1,061
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Bartlett Middle

What district is Bartlett Middle in?

Porterville Unified

What is the racial makeup of Bartlett Middle?

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

How many students attend Bartlett Middle?

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

What high school do graduates of Bartlett Middle attend?

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

Is Bartlett Middle a good school?

Bartlett Middle ranks 2058^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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