Terra Bella’s public schools score below 84% of California districts
The public schools Terra Bella’s kids attend trail 84% of California’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Terra Bella compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Terra Bella (some depend on your address).
Two districts serve Terra Bella
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Terra Bella
2 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Terra Bella families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Terra Bella
There’s no college in Terra Bella, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Porterville College in Porterville, 6.3 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Terra Bella. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.