Schools · Tulare
Tulare, CA schools
Tulare’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 28% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 11 schools through grade 6, then one of 5 middle schools and Tulare Western High or Mission Oak High or Tulare Union High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Tulare’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Tulare’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresAGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (486)Better than 6%
High confidence. Built on 7,204 tested students and a graduating class of 1,216; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path
Where Tulare kids go to school
Grades 7–8
5 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Tulare City Elementary School DistrictGrades 9–12
BTulare Western High or B+Mission Oak High or B+Tulare Union High
Depends on your address Tulare Joint Union High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Tulare Joint Union High)52%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–8, Tulare City Elementary)28%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Tulare Joint Union High)18%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–8, Tulare City Elementary)14%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,216
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #52 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Tulare
Tulare Joint Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 7 schools · 5,598 students
$19,872 per studentCA $21,206BTulare City Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 18 schools · 9,289 students
$17,502 per studentCA $21,206C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 26 schools in Tulare
Showing 1–26 of 26 schools
Liberty ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 861 students
PublicGarden ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 689 students
CPublicMission Valley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 671 students
B-PublicPleasant ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 668 students
CPublicAlpine VistaElementary · Grades K–4 · 659 students
B-PublicFrank Kohn ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 617 students
C-PublicHeritage ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 597 students
CPublicMaple ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 574 students
C-PublicCypress ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 562 students
B-PublicRoosevelt ElementaryElementary · Grades K–4 · 561 students
C-PublicWilson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 487 students
C-PublicLincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 309 students
C-PublicTulare SupportElementary · Grades K–8 · 19 students
PublicMulcahy MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 745 students
C-PublicAlpine Vista MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 617 students
PublicLos Tules MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 569 students
CPublicCherry Avenue MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 483 students
C-PublicLive Oak MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 458 students
BPublicTulare City Community DayMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 4 students
PublicTulare Western HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,927 students
BPublicMission Oak HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,678 students
B+PublicTulare Union HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,616 students
B+PublicSierra Vista Charter HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 166 students
CCharterTulare Technical Preparatory HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 35 students
CPublicCountryside Community DayHigh · Grades 9–12 · 24 students
PublicST ALOYSIUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.