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Earlimart Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2364^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,703 California Middle Schools

Better than 13% of California middle schools

Summary

Earlimart Middle serves 479 students in grades 6–8 in Earlimart, California. Its latest results show a clear challenge: among the eight nearby schools in the comparison, it had the lowest all-grade proficiency in English language arts, math and science.

English language arts is the school’s strongest subject relative to its district and the state, while math is its weakest. In 2025–2026, 30% of students met the ELA standard, 2 percentage points above the Earlimart Elementary District and 20 points below the state. In math, 10% met the standard—6 points below the district and 29 below the state. Science proficiency was also 10%, 1 point below the district and 26 below the state. The eight nearby schools averaged 46% in ELA, 30% in math and 25% in science. SchoolDigger ranked Earlimart at the 13th percentile statewide and gave it 1 star in 2025–2026; nearby schools ranged from the 34th to 72nd percentiles and had 2 to 4 stars.

Results have been mostly flat over time: ELA and science changed little from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, while math improved by 2 percentage points. Even so, the school’s gaps with state results widened in all three subjects. Chronic absenteeism fell from 34% to 16% over those years, but remained 5 points above the nearby-school average. In 2024–2025, its student-teacher ratio was 18.1, compared with a nearby average of 19.7; 73% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, versus a nearby average of 90%. SchoolDigger’s 2023–2024 ranking for English Language Learner Students was a relative bright spot: the school ranked at the 75th percentile (370 of 1,478), compared with its overall 16th percentile that year. Its Migrant Students ranking fell sharply, from the 40th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 4th percentile (102 of 106) in 2025–2026, a 36-point drop.

479

Students ?

18.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,179

Per pupil spending ?

72.9%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

599 South Sutter St.
Earlimart, CA 93219-1970

(661) 849-2611

District: Earlimart Elementary

Feeder schools for Earlimart Middle:

Elementary:	Alila
	Earlimart Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.7%

Asian:

1.7%

White:

0.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 13th percentile in 2016 → 13th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 29 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg20%

California avg42%

2,364^th of 2,703

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 13%▬ steady since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

921^st of 968Earlimart 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	15.8	2364 of 2703	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.0	2438 of 2761	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	2328 of 2783	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	2301 of 2781	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.2	2300 of 2740	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.0	839 of 894	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	2174 of 2715	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	1999 of 2480	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.0	2069 of 2508	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.0	2175 of 2497	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	13.5	2242 of 2477	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	29.4	1728 of 2379	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.2	1577 of 2259	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	28.5	1692 of 2236	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.6	1772 of 2179	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	18.8	1762 of 2063	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	22.3	1625 of 2005	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	18.7	1678 of 1999	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	26.7	1329 of 1804	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.0	1529 of 1777	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	13.2	1612 of 1769	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	54.2	370 of 1478	75.0%	★★★★☆
2023	43.2	643 of 1521	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.3	519 of 1540	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.8	313 of 363	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.2	611 of 1442	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.1	488 of 1364	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	16.8	2161 of 2483	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.7	2174 of 2533	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	2075 of 2551	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.5	1985 of 2531	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.8	2162 of 2509	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.5	684 of 738	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.3	1903 of 2380	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	1790 of 2262	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	19.7	1950 of 2325	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.4	2060 of 2395	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	1902 of 2388	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	1838 of 2374	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.0	1818 of 2359	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	1652 of 2213	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	1590 of 2072	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	20.1	2093 of 2493	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.3	2168 of 2542	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	2030 of 2579	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	1900 of 2531	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.4	1881 of 2458	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	653 of 721	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1744 of 2369	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.9	1655 of 2230	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	14.5	2225 of 2478	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.4	2352 of 2534	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	2235 of 2552	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	2220 of 2538	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	2083 of 2527	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.2	725 of 763	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.0	2023 of 2407	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	1945 of 2273	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	15.2	102 of 106	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	34.9	57 of 95	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.3	62 of 94	34.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	23.5	1351 of 1586	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.2	1238 of 1566	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)75th percentile+59 vs school

Hispanic (2026)16th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile+4 vs school

Special Education (2026)15th percentile~ school

Female (2026)13th percentile~ school

Male (2026)10th percentile~ school

Migrant (2026)4th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-20 vs state

Science10%-26 vs state

Mathematics10%-29 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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
Earlimart Middle	Public	6-8	599 South Sutter St.	Earlimart	93219	Tulare County	Earlimart Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 849-2611	479	26	18.1	72.9%	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	463 (96.7%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	15.8	2364^th of 2703 public middle schools	12.5%		15	2438^th of 2761 public middle schools	11.7%	74	9.6	9.6		14.5	29.6	42.3	29.6		5.3	9.9	12.7	9.5	$27,179	$25,384	$1,795
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%)	32.7	1704^th of 2703 public middle schools	37.0%		28.3	1886^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.7%	182	25.5	25.5		38.8	48.8	41.2	42.8		22.4	17.9	18.6	19.6	$27,364	$24,294	$3,070
Almond Tree Middle	Public	6-8	200 West 15th Ave.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-3641	554	29	19.3	91.7%	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	485 (87.5%)	58 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	57.7	970^th of 2703 public middle schools	64.1%		60.4	897^th of 2761 public middle schools	67.5%	73	31.4	31.4		56.9	48.4	65.9	56.8		40.5	31.1	34.3	35.1	$26,349	$23,816	$2,533
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1430 Cecil Ave.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-5030	585	30	19.5	90.4%	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	526 (89.9%)	48 (8.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	40.8	1449^th of 2703 public middle schools	46.4%		41.9	1436^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.0%	13	23.4	23.4		40.8	50.5	51.2	47.7		24.6	24.0	29.1	26.0	$36,339	$33,776	$2,563
La Vina Middle	Public	6-8	1331 Browning Rd.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-3601	521	26	19.8	78.9%	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	417 (80.0%)	85 (16.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	66.6	765^th of 2703 public middle schools	71.7%		67.1	740^th of 2761 public middle schools	73.2%	25	34.7	34.7		53.9	63.8	63.2	60.2		39.4	40.0	44.7	41.4	$25,857	$23,562	$2,295
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%)	30.4	1790^th of 2703 public middle schools	33.8%		37.2	1571^st of 2761 public middle schools	43.1%	219	15.6	15.6		39.3	34.4	44.3	39.3		18.0	20.2	31.1	23.7	$24,123	$23,424	$699
McFarland Junior High	Public	7-8	405 Mast Ave.	Mc Farland	93250	Kern County	McFarland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 792-3340	494	22	22.1	88.1%	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	488 (98.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	34.4	1646^th of 2703 public middle schools	39.1%		25.3	1985^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.1%	339	22.5	22.5			41.0	33.2	37.2			29.4	30.7	30.0	$22,337	$19,674	$2,663
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%)	35.9	1606^th of 2703 public middle schools	40.6%		43.5	1381^st of 2761 public middle schools	50.0%	225	19.1	19.1			36.3	39.8	38.2			37.2	29.2	32.8	$20,137	$19,758	$379

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How many students attend Earlimart Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 479 students attended Earlimart Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Earlimart Middle?

Students at Earlimart Middle are 97% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

Is Earlimart Middle a good school?

Earlimart Middle ranks in the bottom 12.5% of California middle schools.

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Earlimart Elementary

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