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Frank Kohn Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4783^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 18% of California elementary schools

Summary

Frank Kohn Elementary is a public elementary school in Tulare, California, serving 610 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Tulare City School District, which is ranked 1210 out of 1565 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Frank Kohn Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of California elementary schools, with significantly lower academic performance than the Tulare City and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 27.76% of Frank Kohn students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 33.85% for Tulare City and 48.81% for California. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was just 20.38%, compared to 21.1% for Tulare City and 37.3% for California. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 24.9% in the 2022-2023 school year.

Nearby schools in the Tulare City School District, such as Heritage Elementary, Mission Valley Elementary, and Garden Elementary, generally outperform Frank Kohn Elementary on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates and better statewide rankings. Despite the relatively high per-student spending at Frank Kohn Elementary, the school's academic performance lags behind its peers, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving student outcomes.

617

Students ?

22.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,333

Per pupil spending ?

88.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

500 South Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274-5929

(559) 685-7340

District: Tulare City

Students who attend Frank Kohn Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Live Oak Middle
High:	Tulare Union High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.5%

White:

11.0%

African American:

3.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 25th percentile in 2015 → 18th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg26%

California avg41%

4,783^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 11Elementary Schools in the Tulare City

1198^th of 1,543Tulare City 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
2025	20.5	4783 of 5857	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	4799 of 5869	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	5023 of 5859	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	4663 of 5883	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.4	1224 of 1417	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	5269 of 5789	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	4916 of 5662	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.1	4154 of 5692	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	27.3	3992 of 5614	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	24.3	4202 of 5611	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	45.9	2935 of 5530	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	55.9	2276 of 5390	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	41.0	3169 of 5377	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	39.5	3202 of 5314	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	29.1	3778 of 5193	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	37.7	3089 of 5113	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	40.9	2852 of 5113	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	36.6	2902 of 4818	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	53.2	2036 of 4822	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2004	39.0	2690 of 4809	44.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	45.1	1476 of 3162	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.7	1498 of 3245	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	34.4	2253 of 3311	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.8	269 of 602	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	26.6	2737 of 3275	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	2568 of 3246	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.2	4662 of 5597	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	4575 of 5612	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	4896 of 5609	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	4088 of 5635	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.5	985 of 1267	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	4787 of 5492	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	4301 of 5413	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.0	3822 of 5107	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	3673 of 5107	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	4183 of 5087	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.2	3940 of 5084	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	4509 of 4963	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	4181 of 4830	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	4326 of 5460	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	4418 of 5517	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.0	4536 of 5363	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.9	4008 of 5264	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.0	913 of 1110	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	4686 of 5173	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.2	4393 of 5084	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	4514 of 5628	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.8	4555 of 5643	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	4744 of 5638	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	4853 of 5663	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	1147 of 1272	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.1	5180 of 5510	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.4	5011 of 5431	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.6	2614 of 2847	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2273 of 2420	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	5.5	2505 of 2598	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	2414 of 2661	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.2	2437 of 2726	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.6	2719 of 2834	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	2563 of 2737	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)53rd percentile+35 vs school

Hispanic (2025)25th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile~ school

Male (2025)20th percentile~ school

Female (2025)17th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)8th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)4th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Mathematics20%-17 vs state

Science16%-16 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)					% Completely Immunized (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	CAST Science 5th 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Frank Kohn Elementary	Public	K-6	500 South Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7340	617	27	22.7	88.7%	68 (11.0%)	21 (3.4%)	509 (82.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.6%)	20.5	4783^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	18.3%		20.6	4799^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.2%	16	16.4	16.4	22.7	35.8	21.9	29.6	27.8	22.7	28.1	6.9	22.5	20.4	98.3		98.3		$15,333	$13,620	$1,713
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	955 East Tulare Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7260	487	22	22.6	93.6%	40 (8.2%)	13 (2.7%)	415 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.3%)	25.2	4371^st of 5857 public elementary schools	25.4%		14.7	5337^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.1%	966	16.4	16.4	33.9	30.9	23.9	33.3	30.4	46.2	21.8	11.9	20.3	25.1					$17,288	$15,836	$1,452
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	909 East Cedar Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7350	309	15	20.6	92.2%	13 (4.2%)	12 (3.9%)	277 (89.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	17.5	5056^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.7%		22.2	4658^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.6%	398	18.4	18.4	26.7	27.5	29.0	24.5	26.7	20.0	22.5	15.8	10.2	16.9					$21,191	$19,738	$1,453
Alpine Vista	Public	K-4	2975 East Alpine Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-3135	659	30	21.9	51.1%	148 (22.5%)	23 (3.5%)	447 (67.8%)	21 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.9%)	54.2	2355^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.8%		43.5	2957^th of 5869 public elementary schools	49.6%	602			45.8	46.5			46.2	46.2	44.2			45.1	96.2				$16,645	$15,068	$1,577
Cypress Elementary	Public	K-6	1870 South Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7290	562	23	24.3	87.5%	62 (11.0%)	17 (3.0%)	472 (84.0%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	21.6	4707^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.6%		22	4681^st of 5869 public elementary schools	20.2%	26	14.1	14.1	38.5	24.3	25.6	19.8	26.4	41.2	28.4	16.7	11.5	23.5					$16,006	$14,612	$1,394
Garden Elementary	Public	K-6	640 East Pleasant Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7330	689	29	24.0	79.5%	117 (17.0%)	20 (2.9%)	531 (77.1%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.9%)	39.7	3242^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	44.6%		38.3	3282^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	44.1%	40	27.7	27.7	51.1	47.3	37.0	30.0	41.3	39.1	40.4	28.7	15.4	31.0					$14,688	$13,086	$1,602
Mission Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	1695 Bella Oaks Dr.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7396	671	28	23.8	61.3%	157 (23.4%)	22 (3.3%)	427 (63.6%)	44 (6.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.5%)	41.1	3144^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.3%		51.1	2500^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.4%	644	23.3	23.3	30.9	49.4	43.3	45.1	41.9	34.4	38.0	25.6	36.3	33.5	98.0	98.0		98.0	$15,624	$13,982	$1,642
Maple Elementary	Public	K-5	640 West Cross Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7270	574	26	22.0	93.4%	37 (6.4%)	7 (1.2%)	519 (90.4%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	16.7	5132^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	12.4%		9.8	5694^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.0%	562	12.6	12.6	22.7	28.0	24.2		25.2	27.9	22.3	9.5		19.5					$20,603	$19,184	$1,419
Tulare Support	Public	K-8	505 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7376	19	3	6.2	84.2%	6 (31.6%)	4 (21.1%)	8 (42.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.3%)								(n/a)							0.0					0.0					$70,945	$69,676	$1,269
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-4	1046 West Sonora Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7280	561	27	20.7	97.1%	21 (3.7%)	7 (1.2%)	520 (92.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	15.1	5253^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	10.3%		8.7	5742^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	2.2%	489			23.9	22.8			23.3	27.6	13.0			19.8					$18,432	$16,676	$1,756

Frequently Asked Questions about Frank Kohn Elementary

Is Frank Kohn Elementary a good school?

Frank Kohn Elementary ranks in the bottom 18.3% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Frank Kohn Elementary attend?

Students who attend Frank Kohn Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Live Oak Middle
High : Tulare Union High

What district is Frank Kohn Elementary in?

Tulare City

What is the racial makeup of Frank Kohn Elementary?

Students at Frank Kohn Elementary are 82% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% African American, 3% Two or more races.

How many students attend Frank Kohn Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 617 students attended Frank Kohn Elementary.

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