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Belleview Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4412th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 25% of California elementary schools
Summary

Belleview Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 377 students in the Porterville Unified School District, operating in a high-need community where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Recent academic performance at Belleview shows a concerning decline, with the school now ranked in the bottom 25% of all California elementary schools and receiving a 1-star rating. While the school has made impressive progress in reducing chronic student absences, this has not translated to better test scores. Performance is very uneven across different grades; for example, 4th-grade English scores are relatively strong, but 5th-grade math proficiency is critically low at under 4%. Science scores are a particular area of struggle, falling well below both district and state averages.

Comparisons with nearby schools reveal that challenges with poverty and funding do not automatically lead to lower performance. Within the same district, Santa Fe Elementary serves a similar student population with comparable funding but achieves much higher results, ranking in the 74th percentile. Other schools like Olive Street Elementary also outperform Belleview academically. This suggests that factors like instructional quality, school leadership, and curriculum are key differentiators, and Belleview could benefit from examining the successful practices of higher-performing schools in the area.

377
Students ?
23.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,837
Per pupil spending ?
95.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 197 West Belleview Ave.
       Porterville, CA  93257-2256

(559) 782-7110

District: Porterville Unified


Students who attend Belleview Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Bartlett Middle
High:    Granite Hills High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.9%
White:
9.5%
Asian:
1.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 27th percentile in 2013 → 25th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (25th percentile)
!Science scores 23 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg32%
California avg41%
4,412th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 3 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
8th of 10Elementary Schools in the Porterville Unified
978th 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202524.94412 of 585724.7%★☆☆☆☆
202427.14194 of 586928.5%★☆☆☆☆
202333.03645 of 585937.8%★★☆☆☆
202233.53588 of 588339.0%★★☆☆☆
201916.15159 of 578910.9%★☆☆☆☆
201820.74626 of 566218.3%★☆☆☆☆
201718.94802 of 569215.6%★☆☆☆☆
201619.04709 of 561416.1%★☆☆☆☆
201522.34395 of 561121.7%★☆☆☆☆
201330.04044 of 553026.9%★☆☆☆☆
201238.03398 of 539037.0%★★☆☆☆
201135.93550 of 537734.0%★★☆☆☆
201035.63458 of 531434.9%★★☆☆☆
200933.83456 of 519333.4%★★☆☆☆
200854.62126 of 511358.4%★★★☆☆
200752.92163 of 511357.7%★★★☆☆
200643.32535 of 481847.4%★★☆☆☆
200544.02481 of 482248.5%★★☆☆☆
200433.53029 of 480937.0%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202444.11542 of 316251.2%★★★☆☆
202339.61852 of 324542.9%★★☆☆☆
202238.71898 of 331142.7%★★☆☆☆
201827.32582 of 324620.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202526.04159 of 559725.7%★☆☆☆☆
202426.14147 of 561226.1%★☆☆☆☆
202328.03956 of 560929.5%★☆☆☆☆
202232.63529 of 563537.4%★★☆☆☆
201916.24932 of 549210.2%★☆☆☆☆
201820.24513 of 541316.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202528.73841 of 510724.8%★☆☆☆☆
202438.63071 of 510739.9%★★☆☆☆
202348.92299 of 508754.8%★★★☆☆
202244.42569 of 508449.5%★★☆☆☆
201924.64059 of 496318.2%★☆☆☆☆
201829.33606 of 483025.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202532.33809 of 546030.2%★★☆☆☆
202433.43661 of 551733.6%★★☆☆☆
202341.82928 of 536345.4%★★☆☆☆
202245.12594 of 526450.7%★★★☆☆
201920.84513 of 517312.8%★☆☆☆☆
201827.43969 of 508421.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202524.74306 of 562823.5%★☆☆☆☆
202430.13815 of 564332.4%★★☆☆☆
202339.63084 of 563845.3%★★☆☆☆
202235.33342 of 566341.0%★★☆☆☆
201918.84765 of 551013.5%★☆☆☆☆
201822.34359 of 543119.7%★☆☆☆☆
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)51st percentile+23 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+6 vs school
Female (2025)26th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)25th percentile~ school
Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy31%-18 vs state
Mathematics23%-14 vs state
Science9%-23 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 377 students attended Belleview Elementary.

Students who attend Belleview Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bartlett Middle
High : Granite Hills High

Students at Belleview Elementary are 85% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% Asian, 1% African American, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

Belleview Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.7% of California elementary schools.


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2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026
2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNov 14, 2025


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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