Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VISALIA UNIFIED·NCES 064116008424
Charter Home School Academy
211 West Tulare Ave., Visalia, CA 93277 · (559) 622-3273 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
171 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 52% smaller than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
9.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.3% | 23.5% | 26.5% | 41.7% |
| Math | 3.4% | 5.8% | 23.4% | 67.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 9.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 20.7% |
| 2022-23 | 36.8% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 28.4% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 31.1% | 13.7% |
| 2017-18 | 33.3% | 12.1% |
| 2016-17 | 36.1% | 14.1% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charter Home School Academy
Charter Home School Academy's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Home School Academy this school | 240 | 71.3% | 25.2% |
| American Union Elementary Fresno | 265 | 73.2% | 31.4% |
| Field Elementary San Diego | 238 | 68.5% | 51.1% |
| Arroyo Elementary Simi Valley | 264 | 67.0% | 32.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Kingsburg | 186 | 73.7% | N/A |
| Buchanan Street Elementary Los Angeles | 278 | 66.2% | 38.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charter Home School Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,057 of 5,151 | #77 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #5,075 of 5,172 ▼ 978 | #99 of 102 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,790 of 5,172 ▼ 503 | #72 of 102 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #1,315 of 5,116 | #7 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #5,169 of 5,915 | #97 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #57 of 5,352 | #2 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #3,223 of 5,354 | #22 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #2,882 of 5,625 | #81 of 106 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
240
+110 (+85%) vs 2020
+532% since 2000-01, when it was 38
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 240 | 15 | 16.0:1 | 71% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 10.5 | 15.6:1 | 69% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 9.5 | 15.7:1 | 74% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 130 | 7 | 18.6:1 | 72% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 98 | 5.8 | 16.8:1 | 70% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 108 | 7 | 15.4:1 | 68% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 38 | 1 | 38.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charter Home School Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 145% (98 to 240); teachers up 158% (5.8 to 15).
About Charter Home School Academy
Charter Home School Academy is a small elementary school. Its address is in Visalia, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 240 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 48% smaller than that.
Visalia Unified is responsible for 41 schools, Charter Home School Academy included, with 28,725 students in all.
Charter Home School Academy is 73% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 15% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Charter Home School Academy's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Charter Home School Academy operates with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.0:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 71% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Charter Home School Academy a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Charter Home School Academy is -12.6 points: 25.2% actual, 37.8% predicted.
In Tulare County (population about 478,693), the median household income is $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Charter Home School Academy is one of 196 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Mt. Whitney High, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Charter Home School Academy at 7th of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Charter Home School Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 130 students at Charter Home School Academy; in 2024-25, 240. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.6:1 to 16.0:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Charter Home School Academy. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Visalia Unified
- Redwood HighHigh · 2,490 students
- Golden West HighHigh · 2,059 students
- El Diamante HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Mt. Whitney HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 975 students
- Valley Oak MiddleMiddle · 952 students
Other schools in Visalia
- Redwood HighHigh · 2,490 students
- Golden West HighHigh · 2,059 students
- El Diamante HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Mt. Whitney HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Special EducationCombined · 1,141 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 975 students
Nearby schools
- Mt. Whitney High0.3 mi · 1,637
- Washington Elementary0.4 mi · 294
- Conyer Elementary0.5 mi · 377
- Mountain View Elementary0.6 mi · 618
- Crescent Valley Public Charter II0.8 mi · 852
- Redwood High0.8 mi · 2,490
Frequently asked questions
About Charter Home School AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Charter Home School Academy?
Charter Home School Academy enrolls approximately 240 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Charter Home School Academy serve?
Charter Home School Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charter Home School Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charter Home School Academy is approximately 16.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Charter Home School Academy?
Charter Home School Academy reports a student body of 15% White, 73% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Charter Home School Academy?
Charter Home School Academy is overseen by Visalia Unified in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.