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Mulcahy Middle

Public Grades 5-8

2587^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 6% of California middle schools

Summary

Mulcahy Middle is a public middle school serving 745 students in grades 5-8 within the Tulare City district, which faces broader educational challenges as it ranks in the bottom quartile of districts statewide.

Academically, the school is significantly underperforming, ranking in the 6th percentile in California with alarmingly low proficiency rates, especially in mathematics where only 5.74% of students are proficient—a rate roughly one-third of the district average and far below the state. This performance is notably weaker than other middle schools in the same district, such as Alpine Vista Middle, which has more than triple the math proficiency. The school serves a student population with very high economic need, with over 92% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which is the highest rate among all Tulare City middle schools.

While the school's chronic absenteeism is below the state average, it is higher than the district's. A notable bright spot is a dramatic recent improvement in performance for students in special education. Comparisons with schools in neighboring districts like Farmersville Unified and Visalia Unified, which serve similar demographics but achieve better outcomes, suggest district-level policies and resources may be significant factors in school performance.

745

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,856

Per pupil spending ?

92.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1001 West Sonora Ave.
Tulare, CA 93274-5041

(559) 685-7250

District: Tulare City

Feeder schools for Mulcahy Middle:

Elementary:

Roosevelt Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.1%

White:

4.6%

African American:

2.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

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

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg26%

California avg41%

2,587^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 17 pts since 2015

From bottom 23% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5Middle 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	11.0	2587 of 2761	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	2432 of 2783	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	2288 of 2781	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	2364 of 2740	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.7	820 of 894	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	2393 of 2715	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.9	2118 of 2480	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.3	2173 of 2508	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.2	1942 of 2497	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.0	1898 of 2477	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	40.8	1399 of 2379	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	36.7	1460 of 2259	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	32.1	1580 of 2236	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	30.5	1556 of 2179	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	22.8	1667 of 2063	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	16.9	1750 of 2005	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	15.1	1773 of 1999	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	19.5	1498 of 1804	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.4	1365 of 1777	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.2	1490 of 1769	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	27.4	1158 of 1531	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	304 of 354	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	1447 of 1491	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	26.7	1062 of 1369	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	30.9	1182 of 1478	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.6	1140 of 1521	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	1247 of 1540	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.9	280 of 363	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.8	976 of 1442	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.3	803 of 1364	41.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	2405 of 2533	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	2310 of 2551	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	2222 of 2531	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	2264 of 2509	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.8	702 of 738	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.8	2081 of 2380	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	1961 of 2262	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.2	2224 of 2395	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	1987 of 2388	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.0	1792 of 2374	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	1870 of 2359	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	1907 of 2213	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.4	1695 of 2072	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.3	450 of 477	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	342 of 394	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.1	2339 of 2542	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	2195 of 2579	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	1930 of 2531	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	1986 of 2458	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.7	626 of 721	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	2021 of 2369	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.4	1827 of 2230	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	2378 of 2534	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.3	2196 of 2552	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.4	1967 of 2538	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.1	2095 of 2527	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.2	669 of 763	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	2210 of 2407	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.3	1962 of 2273	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	10.8	186 of 197	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.3	178 of 193	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	1026 of 1566	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.3	1523 of 1552	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.4	1372 of 1531	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)34th percentile+28 vs school

Disabled (2022)24th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)20th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)6th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2023)6th percentile-12 vs school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy21%-27 vs state

Science10%-23 vs state

Mathematics6%-32 vs state

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by a citizen
Saturday, July 11, 2020

This school sucked. I attended it after moving to Tulare and they were absolutely behind in every subject. I went from Algebra2 (which I had an A in) to Pre-Algebra. The staff was ridiculous too. They obviously hated us. There were like 2 good teachers I had. I specifically remember some teachers always picking on specific Black kids too, or some that dressed like “gangbangers” without addressing the fact that it’s a style those kids grow up seeing, it didn’t have real meaning until the teachers gave it meaning. They label their students and are surprised they act out. Close Quote

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Mulcahy Middle	Public	5-8	1001 West Sonora Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7250	745	34	21.9	92.6%	34 (4.6%)	16 (2.1%)	679 (91.1%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)	11	2587^th of 2761 public middle schools	6.3%		16.1	2432^nd of 2783 public middle schools	12.6%	155	7.4	11.0	9.7	17.6	19.9	22.5	23.9	21.5	3.7	6.4	7.3	4.5	5.7	$13,856	$12,450	$1,406
Tulare City Community Day	Public	6-8	505 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7376	4	1	3.8		1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								0.0					0.0
Cherry Avenue Middle	Public	7-8	540 North Cherry St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7320	483	23	21.1	91.1%	49 (10.1%)	15 (3.1%)	399 (82.6%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	21.4	2170^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.4%		18.3	2330^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.3%	160		14.2	14.2			40.7	28.0	34.7			16.2	6.2	11.5	$16,223	$14,196	$2,027
Los Tules Middle	Public	6-8	801 West Gail Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-3156	569	25	22.5	84.9%	31 (5.4%)	15 (2.6%)	501 (88.0%)	16 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	28.3	1882^nd of 2761 public middle schools	31.8%		27.6	1916^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.2%	34		17.2	17.2		44.8	31.6	45.2	40.0		17.6	12.6	17.0	15.5	$14,610	$13,038	$1,572
Alpine Vista Middle	Public	5-8	2975 East Alpine Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7200	617	28	21.8	48.3%	145 (23.5%)	28 (4.5%)	417 (67.6%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	29.6	1843^rd of 2761 public middle schools	33.2%		23.4	2109^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.2%	266	24.6	25.2	24.9	35.1	42.5	32.7	38.9	37.2	20.0	20.1	12.0	18.5	17.5	$15,623	$14,022	$1,601
Live Oak Middle	Public	7-8	980 North Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7310	458	21	22.2	65.5%	102 (22.3%)	8 (1.7%)	327 (71.4%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.3%)	38.8	1527^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.7%		42.9	1375^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.6%	152		31.7	31.7			43.3	33.2	38.3			28.1	22.1	25.1	$17,018	$15,700	$1,318
La Joya Middle	Public	7-8	4711 West La Vida	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7921	727	31	23.2	71.1%	126 (17.3%)	10 (1.4%)	548 (75.4%)	21 (2.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)	37.1	1573^rd of 2761 public middle schools	43.0%		39	1506^th of 2783 public middle schools	45.9%	67		25.6	25.6			37.5	51.1	43.9			18.2	22.6	20.3	$17,114	$15,396	$1,718
Divisadero Middle	Public	7-8	1200 South Divisadero	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7661	769	35	21.8	79.5%	75 (9.8%)	17 (2.2%)	590 (76.7%)	42 (5.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (5.3%)	27.8	1905^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.0%		23.4	2110^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.2%	205		16.6	16.6			37.2	35.9	36.5			21.3	18.9	20.1	$16,204	$14,430	$1,774
Green Acres Middle	Public	6-8	1147 North Mooney Blvd.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7671	761	33	23.1	68.3%	117 (15.4%)	9 (1.2%)	541 (71.1%)	42 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (6.7%)	46.6	1277^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.7%		40	1464^th of 2783 public middle schools	47.4%	187		26.6	26.6			52.8	43.2	47.8			35.2	22.8	28.8	$18,812	$17,062	$1,750
Farmersville Junior High	Public	7-8	650 North Virginia St.	Farmersville	93223	Tulare County	Farmersville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 747-0764	384	20	18.8	91.1%	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	374 (97.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.2	1991^st of 2761 public middle schools	27.9%		27.2	1940^th of 2783 public middle schools	30.3%	51		16.2	16.2			33.0	33.7	33.3			11.9	25.8	18.7	$26,354	$24,880	$1,474

Frequently Asked Questions about Mulcahy Middle

How many students attend Mulcahy Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 745 students attended Mulcahy Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Mulcahy Middle?

Students at Mulcahy Middle are 91% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% African American, 1% Two or more races.

Is Mulcahy Middle a good school?

Mulcahy Middle ranks in the bottom 6.3% of California middle schools.

What district is Mulcahy Middle in?

Tulare City

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