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Conyer Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Conyer Elementary
Located at 814 South Sowell, in Visalia, California, Conyer Elementary is a small elementary school that serves 377 students (grades K through 6), run under Visalia Unified.
Within Visalia Unified, which oversees 41 schools and 28,725 students, Conyer Elementary is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Conyer Elementary reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Conyer Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.3%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of -0.8 points.
Zooming out to the county, Tulare County reports that 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. Conyer Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).
The closest other public school is Mt. Whitney High, roughly 0.2 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), Conyer Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.8%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.
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