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Schools in Tranquillity · Golden Plains Unified School District

Tranquillity’s public schools score below 75% of California districts

The public schools Tranquillity’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 75% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

16%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
18%
▼ 31 pts vs CA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
10%
▼ 23 pts vs CA 33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
▲ 4 pts vs CA 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$25.7K
▲ 21% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.1
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools
2
579 students
The School Grade

How Tranquillity compares

D Test scoresB Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 25%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (357)Better than 16%
High confidence. Built on 741 tested students and a graduating class of 112; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • 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 Tranquillity.

The path, start to finish
K–8Tranquillity ElementaryGolden Plains Unified School District
9–12Tranquillity HighGolden Plains Unified School District

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading18%
State average 48.5%
Math10%
State average 33.4%

Every school in Tranquillity

2 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
High

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What Tranquillity families are saying about school.

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Within reach

Colleges near Tranquillity

There’s no college in Tranquillity, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Madera Community College in Madera, 23.8 miles away.

Colleges →
Madera Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Madera
23.8 mi2,968 students
Agape College of Business and ScienceUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fresno
26.5 mi41 students
Fresno City CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Fresno
26.6 mi17,356 students
San Joaquin Valley College-FresnoCommunity college · For-profit · Fresno
28.8 mi481 students
Fresno Pacific UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fresno
29.2 mi2,347 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Tranquillity. 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 and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.

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