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Alta Vista Elementary

Public Grades K-8
5715th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of California elementary schools
Summary

Alta Vista Elementary is a K–8 school serving 531 students in Porterville, California, near 10 other schools included in these comparisons. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 18% in English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA), 9% in math and 10% in science. Results were low across grades and subjects: Alta Vista scored below every nearby school with same-grade data in ELA and in most grade-level math comparisons. Its most important challenge is that achievement is far below nearby schools and the state, particularly in math.

Science is Alta Vista’s relative bright spot: its 10% proficiency is above one nearby school’s result, though below the other nine, and its gap from the state is smaller than in ELA or math. Still, it trails California’s rates of 49% in ELA, 38% in math and 36% in science by 31, 29 and 26 percentage points, respectively. Compared with nearby-school averages of 41%, 37% and 22%, it is behind by 23, 27 and 11 points. Alta Vista’s student–teacher ratio of 20.8 in 2024–2025 was lower than all 10 nearby schools, whose ratios ranged from 22.3 to 25.5, but that did not coincide with stronger test results. The supplied district test figures duplicate the school’s, so they provide no separate district comparison.

Over the longer comparison from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 2 percentage points, math fell 2 points and science rose 2 points; the state’s faster gains meant the gap widened by 6 points in math and 4 in science. SchoolDigger ranked Alta Vista at the 2nd percentile with 0 stars in 2025–2026, while nearby schools ranged from the 27th to the 68th percentile. The school reported 91% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, close to the 90% average among eight nearby schools with the same measure; this is context, not an explanation for results. SchoolDigger’s English Language Learner subgroup ranking was notably higher than the school’s overall ranking: 21st percentile in 2023–2024 versus 5th overall, after reaching the 31st percentile in 2021–2022. That indicates comparatively stronger statewide standing for this group, although its percentile declined by 10 points from its earlier high.

531
Students ?
20.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$33,919
Per pupil spending ?
90.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 2293 East Crabtree Ave.
       Porterville, CA  93257-5225

(559) 782-5700

District: Alta Vista Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
87.2%
White:
10.4%
Pacific Islander:
1.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2016 → 2nd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (13% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 31 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school13%
District avg13%
California avg42%
Elementary school
5,715th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
2,385th of 2,703
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 12%▲ up 10 pts since 2016
From bottom 2% (2016) to bottom 12% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
955th of 968Alta Vista Elementary 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20267.15715 of 58041.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.45766 of 58571.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.35594 of 58694.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.85650 of 58593.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.25715 of 58832.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.21383 of 14172.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.75670 of 57892.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.65464 of 56623.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20176.85628 of 56921.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.35595 of 56140.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.95597 of 56110.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201311.75223 of 55305.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201212.95079 of 53905.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201112.85085 of 53775.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.65242 of 53141.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.85048 of 51932.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200811.04870 of 51134.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200718.84392 of 511314.1%★☆☆☆☆
200622.13846 of 481820.2%★☆☆☆☆
200512.44494 of 48226.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200411.54587 of 48094.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202431.02488 of 316221.3%★☆☆☆☆
202328.42635 of 324518.8%★☆☆☆☆
202234.22269 of 331131.5%★★☆☆☆
202141.0294 of 60251.2%★★★☆☆
201953.41072 of 327567.3%★★★☆☆
201848.11339 of 324658.7%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20267.95487 of 55691.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.75531 of 55971.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.75067 of 56129.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.65409 of 56093.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.75442 of 56353.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.51217 of 12673.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.95361 of 54922.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.15128 of 54135.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202610.24944 of 50852.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.55001 of 51072.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.34808 of 51075.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.04842 of 50874.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.84868 of 50844.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.84865 of 49632.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.34720 of 48302.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20268.65313 of 54121.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.25344 of 54602.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.35308 of 55173.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.65124 of 53634.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.85082 of 52643.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.51075 of 11103.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.85052 of 51732.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.84879 of 50844.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20267.95506 of 55901.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.65503 of 56282.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.85508 of 56432.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.55401 of 56384.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.05503 of 56632.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.91251 of 12721.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.75393 of 55102.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.85282 of 54312.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202613.866 of 671.5%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.42385 of 270311.8%★☆☆☆☆
202516.92358 of 276114.6%★☆☆☆☆
202415.22472 of 278311.2%★☆☆☆☆
202316.52432 of 278112.5%★☆☆☆☆
20228.52679 of 27402.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.9857 of 8944.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.72498 of 27158.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.12322 of 24806.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.02427 of 25083.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.52441 of 24972.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.52431 of 24771.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201325.51862 of 237921.7%★☆☆☆☆
201222.81842 of 225918.5%★☆☆☆☆
201123.21821 of 223618.6%★☆☆☆☆
201017.81901 of 217912.8%★☆☆☆☆
200912.21896 of 20638.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200833.41338 of 200533.3%★★☆☆☆
200738.01168 of 199941.6%★★☆☆☆
200618.31527 of 180415.4%★☆☆☆☆
200511.01653 of 17777.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200413.91598 of 17699.7%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202452.3406 of 147872.5%★★★★☆
202336.7898 of 152141.0%★★☆☆☆
202238.0852 of 154044.7%★★☆☆☆
202134.5257 of 36329.2%★☆☆☆☆
201952.8384 of 144273.4%★★★★☆
201849.7424 of 136468.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202616.52169 of 248312.6%★☆☆☆☆
202516.42224 of 253312.2%★☆☆☆☆
202420.32083 of 255118.3%★☆☆☆☆
202317.52193 of 253113.4%★☆☆☆☆
20229.42448 of 25092.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.6704 of 7384.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.22166 of 23809.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.82070 of 22628.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.91879 of 232519.2%★☆☆☆☆
202520.61989 of 239517.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.82056 of 238813.9%★☆☆☆☆
202321.61958 of 237417.5%★☆☆☆☆
20229.72308 of 23592.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.62056 of 22137.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.21964 of 20725.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202617.62187 of 249312.3%★☆☆☆☆
202522.02065 of 254218.8%★☆☆☆☆
202418.02260 of 257912.4%★☆☆☆☆
202320.12149 of 253115.1%★☆☆☆☆
20229.42399 of 24582.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.8687 of 7214.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.52128 of 236910.2%★☆☆☆☆
201815.32038 of 22308.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.62190 of 247811.6%★☆☆☆☆
202518.52123 of 253416.2%★☆☆☆☆
202411.52426 of 25524.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.42253 of 253811.2%★☆☆☆☆
20229.02479 of 25271.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.2749 of 7631.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.52286 of 24075.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.62193 of 22733.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202639.168 of 10635.8%★★☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile+17 vs school
Hispanic (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Migrant (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)1st percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2024)73rd percentile+61 vs school
Migrant (2026)36th percentile+24 vs school
Hispanic (2026)19th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2026)13th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)12th percentile~ school
Male (2026)12th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy18%-31 vs state
Science10%-26 vs state
Mathematics9%-29 vs state

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Alta Vista Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.5% of California elementary schools.

Students at Alta Vista Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% Pacific Islander.

In the 2024-25 school year, 531 students attended Alta Vista Elementary.

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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
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


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