Cutler Elementary

Set in Cutler, California, Cutler Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, overseen by Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified. It teaches 607 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,815 students; Cutler Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Cutler Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cutler Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.7%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Tulare County put median household income runs about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Cutler Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Golden Valley Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cutler Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cutler Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cutler Elementary's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 664 (now 607). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.