Alta Vista Elementary

Alta Vista Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Porterville, California, operated by Alta Vista Elementary, enrolling 531 students in grades K through 8.

Operationally, Alta Vista Elementary answers to Alta Vista Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Alta Vista Elementary reports that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 10% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Tulare County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alta Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 13.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Tulare County shows median household income runs about $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Alta Vista Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Granite Hills High, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alta Vista Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 531 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 83% to 87% over that span.

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