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Porterville Military Academy

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Porterville Military Academy ranks 919 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades 7-12

919^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 57% of California high schools

Summary

Porterville Military Academy is a public 7-12 grade school serving 255 students within the Porterville Unified district, offering a structured military academy model in a community where many families face economic challenges.

The school's greatest strengths are its exceptional ability to support students through to graduation and ensure they attend class regularly. It boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, significantly outperforming the district and state, while its chronic absenteeism rate of 12.1% is also much lower than average. This is particularly notable when compared to nearby schools like Citrus High (63% graduation, 72.2% chronic absenteeism) and even the high-performing Harmony Magnet Academy. PMA also maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 15.3 to 1, which is lower than most comprehensive high schools in the area.

Academically, the school shows a mixed picture; while English Language Arts proficiency is above average, mathematics scores are an area needing improvement. The school's statewide ranking has dipped recently, but it continues to deliver strong outcomes in student support and retention. With higher per-student spending than many peers, PMA appears to provide good value, especially for families seeking a disciplined, structured environment that prioritizes attendance, perseverance, and earning a diploma.

255

Students ?

15.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$39,341

Per pupil spending ?

90.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

900 West Pioneer Ave.
Porterville, CA 93257-1240

(559) 782-7300

District: Porterville Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.5%

White:

17.3%

Asian:

2.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 44th percentile in 2021 → 57th in 2025

Strengths

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2021

✓Above the California median (57th percentile)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (35% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 21 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school35%

District avg32%

California avg41%

Middle school

1,405^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 49%▲ up 29 pts since 2019

From bottom 20% (2019) to bottom 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

919^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 43%▲ up 13 pts since 2021

From bottom 44% (2021) to top 43% (2025)

See the entire ranking list of California High Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 7High 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)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.5	1405 of 2761	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.0	1733 of 2783	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.1	1833 of 2781	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	16.1	2397 of 2740	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	2182 of 2715	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	28.5	1310 of 1521	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.0	1724 of 2533	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.5	1590 of 2551	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.1	2039 of 2531	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.5	2417 of 2509	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.8	1630 of 2380	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.5	841 of 2395	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.9	1043 of 2388	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	31.1	1591 of 2374	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.8	2017 of 2359	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	1882 of 2213	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.4	994 of 2542	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	36.5	1512 of 2579	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.7	1342 of 2531	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.8	2033 of 2458	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.8	1737 of 2369	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.4	1045 of 2534	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.7	1617 of 2552	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.3	1387 of 2538	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.1	1884 of 2527	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.3	2049 of 2407	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	4.2	1507 of 1537	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	1211 of 1543	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	1442 of 1555	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	1462 of 1602	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.6	919 of 2162	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.9	598 of 2159	72.3%	★★★★☆
2023	60.6	748 of 2170	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.6	918 of 2123	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.7	720 of 1290	44.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.3	721 of 1906	62.2%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.3	680 of 1900	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.6	550 of 1902	71.1%	★★★★☆
2023	61.0	647 of 1917	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.1	1068 of 1861	42.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.7	749 of 2013	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.5	433 of 2026	78.6%	★★★★☆
2023	65.7	573 of 2030	71.8%	★★★★☆
2022	58.3	665 of 1943	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.2	618 of 1126	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	49.1	929 of 1942	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.5	758 of 1948	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.9	742 of 1963	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.1	952 of 1916	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.3	666 of 1122	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	49.2	603 of 1204	49.9%	★★★☆☆

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)

Middle school

Hispanic (2025)65th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)61st percentile+12 vs school

Male (2025)59th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)32nd percentile-17 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)14th percentile-20 vs school

White (2024)2nd percentile-36 vs school

High school

Hispanic (2025)64th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)63rd percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)62nd percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)52nd percentile-5 vs school

White (2022)50th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy51%~ state avg

Science36%+4 vs state

Mathematics17%-21 vs state

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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)				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	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Porterville Military Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	900 West Pioneer Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7300	255	17	15.3	90.2%	44 (17.3%)	2 (0.8%)	195 (76.5%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	55.6	919^th of 2162 public high schools	57.5%		67.9	598^th of 2159 public high schools	72.3%	321	38.5	33.3		36.4	38.6	48.1	71.4	51.2	18.2	21.2	8.6	16.8	$39,341	$38,250	$1,091
Monache High	Public	9-12	960 North Newcomb St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7150	1,855	89	20.7	81.2%	225 (12.1%)	7 (0.4%)	1,475 (79.5%)	85 (4.6%)	15 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (2.6%)	54.1	945^th of 2162 public high schools	56.3%		60.6	751^st of 2159 public high schools	65.2%	194		28.7		28.6			57.9	57.9			21.0	21.0	$21,168	$20,074	$1,094
Vine Street Community Day	Public	7-12	645 North Prospect St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-6650	14	1	9.7	85.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													$90,805	$89,774	$1,031
Citrus High	Public	9-12	261 East Mulberry Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7130	155	10	15.2	98.1%	20 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (81.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.3%)	10.4	2004^th of 2162 public high schools	7.3%		14.5	1835^th of 2159 public high schools	15.0%	169			5.6	5.6			8.3	8.3			0.0	0.0	$43,498	$41,320	$2,178
Porterville High	Public	9-12	465 West Olive Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7210	2,125	86	24.8	88.6%	157 (7.4%)	7 (0.3%)	1,821 (85.7%)	43 (2.0%)	65 (3.1%)	4 (0.2%)	28 (1.3%)	59.5	834^th of 2162 public high schools	61.4%		57.7	819^th of 2159 public high schools	62.1%	15			19.3	19.3			60.9	60.9			27.4	27.4	$18,238	$17,090	$1,148
Granite Hills High	Public	9-12	1701 East Putnam Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7075	1,206	55	22.0	95.6%	70 (5.8%)	8 (0.7%)	1,088 (90.2%)	10 (0.8%)	9 (0.7%)	8 (0.7%)	11 (0.9%)	41	1238^th of 2162 public high schools	42.7%		48.2	1053^rd of 2159 public high schools	51.2%	185		23.1		23.2			42.9	42.9			19.3	19.3	$21,627	$20,496	$1,131
Harmony Magnet Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	19429 Road 228	Strathmore	93267	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 568-0347	509	21	24.4	73.1%	97 (19.1%)	1 (0.2%)	373 (73.3%)	22 (4.3%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.4%)	95.1	94^th of 2162 public high schools	95.7%		95.9	91^st of 2159 public high schools	95.8%	3		64.2	46.4	55.7			90.2	90.2			51.6	51.6	$28,263	$27,204	$1,059
Strathmore High	Public	9-12	22568 Avenue 196	Strathmore	93267	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 568-1731	286	21	13.7	88.8%	26 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	255 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	30	1483^rd of 2162 public high schools	31.4%		32.6	1434^th of 2159 public high schools	33.6%	49		15.6		15.2			38.5	38.5			12.8	12.8	$40,643	$39,474	$1,169
John J. Cairns Continuation	Public	9-12	290 North Harvard Ave.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5913	65	6	10.0	87.7%	2 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.8	1888^th of 2162 public high schools	12.7%		17	1758^th of 2159 public high schools	18.6%	130		4.0		3.6			24.0	24.0			0.0	0.0	$62,866	$58,692	$4,174
Lindsay Community Day	Public	7-12	270 North Harvard	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5913	14	1	14.0	78.6%	2 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													$27,850	$22,032	$5,818

Frequently Asked Questions about Porterville Military Academy

Is Porterville Military Academy a good school?

Porterville Military Academy ranks 919^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Porterville Military Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 255 students attended Porterville Military Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Porterville Military Academy?

Students at Porterville Military Academy are 76% Hispanic, 17% White, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What district is Porterville Military Academy in?

Porterville Unified

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