Schools · Visalia
Visalia, CA schools
Visalia’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 40% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 22 schools through grade 8, then one of 7 middle schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Visalia’s School Grade: B
The public schools Visalia’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresA-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 60%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (549)Better than 61%
High confidence. Built on 2,615 tested students and a graduating class of 1,839; 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 Visalia kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Visalia Unified)40%
State average 48.5%
Reading (Tulare Joint Union High)52%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–12, Visalia Unified)30%
State average 33.4%
Math (Tulare Joint Union High)18%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,839
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve Visalia
Visalia Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 41 schools · 28,725 students
$18,939 per studentCA $21,206B-Tulare Joint Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 7 schools · 5,598 students
$19,872 per studentCA $21,206BHanford Joint Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 6 schools · 4,237 students
$16,994 per studentCA $21,206B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 49 schools in Visalia
Showing 1–30 of 49 schools
Riverway ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 857 students
BPublicAnnie R. MitchellElementary · Grades K–6 · 789 students
BPublicOak Grove ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 756 students
A+PublicManuel F. HernandezElementary · Grades K–6 · 707 students
APublicFour Creeks ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 654 students
CPublicDenton ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 648 students
A+PublicGolden Oak ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 631 students
B-PublicCottonwood Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 627 students
A-PublicMountain View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 618 students
BPublicShannon Ranch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 609 students
A-PublicVeva Blunt ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 596 students
A-PublicCrestwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 594 students
CPublicHurley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 574 students
APublicMineral King ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 569 students
BPublicLinwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 537 students
A+PublicHouston ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 523 students
CPublicWillow Glen ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 506 students
B+PublicPinkham ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 476 students
CPublicGlobal Learning CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 438 students
CCharterHighland ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 438 students
C-PublicCrowley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 413 students
CPublicRoyal Oaks ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 413 students
B+PublicConyer ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 377 students
B-PublicWashington ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 294 students
DPublicCharter Home School AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 240 students
D-CharterThe Catholic School of Visalia George McCannElementary · Grades PK–8 · 219 students
PrivateGreenhouse Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 121 students
PrivateGrace Christian SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 58 students
PrivateVisalia Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 · 48 students
PrivateRidgeview MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 975 students
APublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.