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Pleasant View Elementary

Public Grades K-8

5716^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of California elementary schools

Summary

Pleasant View Elementary is a rural K-8 public school in Porterville, California, serving 446 students as its own district.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 2% of all California schools, with proficiency rates in English, math, and science far below state averages and those of nearby schools like Hope Elementary (66th percentile) and West Putnam Elementary (20th percentile). This performance gap persists even though Pleasant View spends more per student ($20,270) than many of these neighboring schools and has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 19-to-1.

While the school struggles overall, it shows a relative strength in supporting its English Language Learner students. The analysis suggests that comparing strategies with higher-performing, demographically similar schools in the area, such as Woodville Elementary, could provide a path for improvement, especially in core subjects where proficiency is critically low.

446

Students ?

19.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$42,535

Per pupil spending ?

91.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

14004 Road 184
Porterville, CA 93257-9214

(559) 784-6769

District: Pleasant View Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.5%

Asian:

5.8%

White:

4.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2013 → 2nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (13% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 33 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg13%

California avg41%

Elementary school

5,716^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

2,576^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 11% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

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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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.4	5716 of 5857	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.8	5641 of 5869	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	5138 of 5859	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	5399 of 5883	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.2	5552 of 5789	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.6	5589 of 5662	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.5	5609 of 5692	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.7	5505 of 5614	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.2	5457 of 5611	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	12.1	5204 of 5530	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	20.9	4592 of 5390	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	13.1	5057 of 5377	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	19.0	4650 of 5314	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	21.1	4347 of 5193	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	22.7	4150 of 5113	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	20.7	4238 of 5113	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.8	3010 of 4818	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	25.6	3588 of 4822	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.9	4027 of 4809	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	39.5	1857 of 3162	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.4	1926 of 3245	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.3	2664 of 3311	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.3	2390 of 3275	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.5	2486 of 3246	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.2	5360 of 5597	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	5053 of 5612	10.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	5095 of 5609	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	5234 of 5635	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.6	5327 of 5492	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.3	5386 of 5413	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.6	4997 of 5107	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	4861 of 5107	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	4432 of 5087	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	4520 of 5084	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.0	4746 of 4963	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.2	4788 of 4830	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	5295 of 5460	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	5272 of 5517	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	4530 of 5363	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	4754 of 5264	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.0	4943 of 5173	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	5027 of 5084	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.4	5560 of 5628	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	5525 of 5643	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	4722 of 5638	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.8	5136 of 5663	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.3	5233 of 5510	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	5258 of 5431	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	2576 of 2761	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.1	2547 of 2783	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	2597 of 2781	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	2515 of 2740	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	2476 of 2715	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	2237 of 2480	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.6	2363 of 2508	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.2	2335 of 2497	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	14.4	2214 of 2477	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	23.7	1910 of 2379	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	30.2	1627 of 2259	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	22.1	1855 of 2236	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	21.3	1810 of 2179	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	34.4	1344 of 2063	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	27.8	1494 of 2005	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	32.8	1320 of 1999	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	23.1	1409 of 1804	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	24.1	1357 of 1777	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	19.4	1462 of 1769	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	44.6	577 of 1478	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.4	722 of 1521	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.6	698 of 1540	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.1	464 of 1442	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.1	447 of 1364	67.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.1	2397 of 2533	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.8	2411 of 2551	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	2387 of 2531	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	2321 of 2509	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.2	2139 of 2380	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.5	2082 of 2262	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.3	2222 of 2395	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	2149 of 2388	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	2232 of 2374	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	2129 of 2359	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	1985 of 2213	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	1864 of 2072	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.6	2322 of 2542	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.7	2305 of 2579	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	2293 of 2531	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	2220 of 2458	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.4	2166 of 2369	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	1966 of 2230	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.7	2337 of 2534	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.2	2281 of 2552	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	2337 of 2538	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.2	2327 of 2527	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	2209 of 2407	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	2061 of 2273	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)41st percentile+37 vs school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)61st percentile+52 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy16%-33 vs state

Mathematics11%-26 vs state

Science9%-24 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)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	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 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th 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 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	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 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	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	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pleasant View Elementary	Public	K-8	14004 Road 184	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Pleasant View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-6769	446	23	19.0	91.3%	18 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	399 (89.5%)	26 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	8.4	5716^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.4%		10.8	5641^st of 5869 public elementary schools	3.9%	75																	4.6	12.0	8.5	9.1	17.8	18.2	16.3	15.0	18.0	15.5	12.7	15.6	6.8	9.8	13.3	10.0	11.5							$42,535	$39,520	$3,015
Rockford Elementary	Public	K-8	14983 Road 208	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Rockford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-5406	301	13	23.3	62.5%	122 (40.5%)	0 (0.0%)	160 (53.2%)	10 (3.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	23.5	4546^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.4%		23	4583^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	21.9%	37																	3.7	14.7	9.8	29.0	36.1	22.2	46.9	44.7	58.8	40.4	16.1	19.4	11.1	28.1	21.1	32.4	21.7							$36,734	$34,198	$2,536
Woodville Elementary	Public	K-8	16541 Road 168	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Woodville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-9713	371	20	18.5	94.9%	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	368 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41.9	3077^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.5%		35.9	3444^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.3%	367																	30.0	8.3	19.7	37.0	23.8	65.0	34.3	18.4	27.8	34.6	50.0	21.4	45.0	17.1	26.3	22.2	31.2							$50,082	$48,308	$1,774
Saucelito Elementary	Public	K-8	17615 Avenue 104	Terra Bella	93270	Tulare County	Saucelito Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-2164	75	5	13.8	78.7%	24 (32.0%)	4 (5.3%)	47 (62.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																			21.4							44.2							27.9							$48,356	$47,712	$644
Jim Maples Academy	Public	K-6	252 North Westwood	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 781-1658	466	19	24.5	88.6%	34 (7.3%)	4 (0.9%)	373 (80.0%)	11 (2.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.8%)	22.9	4605^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.4%		22.7	4607^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.5%	2																	24.2		24.2	24.7	31.3	37.9	29.4			30.7	9.6	22.4	28.8	9.8			17.9							$19,806	$19,272	$534
Burton Elementary	Public	K-6	2375 West Morton St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-2401	437	17	25.7	88.3%	36 (8.2%)	2 (0.5%)	343 (78.5%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.5%)	29.5	3998^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.7%		31.4	3820^th of 5869 public elementary schools	34.9%	178																	16.7		16.7	44.6	19.7	32.1	39.0			33.3	52.3	25.4	18.0	17.0			27.8							$21,794	$21,396	$398
William R. Buckley Elementary	Public	K-6	2573 West Westfield Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 788-6412	499	20	24.9	83.4%	72 (14.4%)	1 (0.2%)	341 (68.3%)	51 (10.2%)	8 (1.6%)	5 (1.0%)	21 (4.2%)	35.1	3566^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.1%		35.8	3450^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.2%	116																	26.2		26.2	23.4	28.4	39.3	56.5			36.7	23.8	29.3	24.6	39.1			29.5	97.1	97.1		97.1	97.1	97.1	$20,006	$19,674	$332
Oak Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	1873 West Mulberry Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-0310	393	16	24.5	87.3%	23 (5.9%)	2 (0.5%)	326 (83.0%)	15 (3.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (5.9%)	36.5	3442^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	41.2%		37.8	3319^th of 5869 public elementary schools	43.4%	123																	21.1		21.1	17.9	44.0	44.8	47.5			38.7	30.4	36.0	29.3	27.9			30.7	95.7	97.1	95.7	97.1	97.1	97.1	$22,253	$21,524	$729
West Putnam Elementary	Public	K-6	1345 West Putnam Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7280	478	20	23.7	96.4%	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	457 (95.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	21.9	4678^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.1%		21.8	4703^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	19.9%	25	13.4	4.4	2.0	7.4	41.8	6.7	23.5	26.4	11.9	8.9	3.9	8.6	6.0	4.4	2.0	4.3	12.3		12.3	28.1	24.1	27.1	26.6			26.6	37.3	30.9	13.7	22.7			25.7							$19,257	$18,060	$1,197
Westfield Elementary	Public	K-6	1151 West Pioneer Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7270	661	27	24.2	81.5%	107 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	511 (77.3%)	26 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.3%)	42.5	3042^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	48.1%		44.3	2904^th of 5869 public elementary schools	50.5%	138																	25.0		25.0	31.6	44.4	41.9	47.1			40.8	27.4	46.7	30.1	40.8			35.7	97.7				98.4		$17,656	$16,568	$1,088

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Pleasant View Elementary ranks in the bottom 2.4% of California elementary schools.

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Students at Pleasant View Elementary are 89% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% White.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 446 students attended Pleasant View Elementary.

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