Cherry Avenue Middle

Set in Tulare, California, Cherry Avenue Middle is a small 6-8 campus, run under Tulare City. It caters to 483 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Tulare City runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 9,289 students. Cherry Avenue Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cherry Avenue Middle logs that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 10% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cherry Avenue Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate 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. Cherry Avenue Middle is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

The closest other public school is Garden Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cherry Avenue Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.2%.

Cherry Avenue Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 483 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 15% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.