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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULARE CITY·NCES 063987008999
Cypress Elementary
1870 South Laspina St., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 685-7290 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
492 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
26.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
23.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.2% | 17.2% | 22.4% | 51.2% |
| Math | 8.5% | 15.0% | 20.5% | 56.0% |
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 | 26.4% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 19.1% |
| 2022-23 | 24.8% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 20.9% |
| 2020-21 | 33.5% | 20.8% |
| 2018-19 | 37.1% | 26.7% |
| 2017-18 | 37.9% | 24.2% |
| 2016-17 | 34.8% | 21.9% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Cypress Elementary
Cypress Elementary's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Elementary this school | 562 | 87.5% | 24.8% |
| Hort Elementary Bakersfield | 590 | 89.3% | 20.5% |
| Frank Kohn Elementary Tulare | 617 | 88.7% | 23.7% |
| Dos Palos Elementary Dos Palos | 579 | 88.1% | N/A |
| Vicentia Elementary Corona | 557 | 89.8% | 33.9% |
| La Canada Elementary Lompoc | 541 | 87.2% | 20.9% |
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 Cypress Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #4,101 of 5,151 | #79 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #3,949 of 5,172 ▲ 318 | #73 of 102 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #4,341 of 5,172 ▼ 387 | #89 of 102 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,625 of 5,116 | #11 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #1,744 of 5,915 | #35 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,989 of 5,352 | #84 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #4,032 of 5,354 | #45 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,392 of 5,625 | #47 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #3,583 of 3,837 | #68 of 77 |
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
562
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 562 | 23.1 | 24.3:1 | 88% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 23 | 23.9:1 | 83% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 21 | 23.3:1 | 87% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 21 | 25.5:1 | 83% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 24 | 24.0:1 | 87% (504) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 25 | 23.6:1 | 86% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | N/A | N/A | 71% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 56% (334) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 21 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cypress Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (577 to 562); teachers down 4% (24 to 23.1).
About Cypress Elementary
Located in Tulare, California, Cypress Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 562 students, from kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 21% above that.
Tulare City runs Cypress Elementary along with 17 other schools, enrolling 9,289 students in total.
The student body at Cypress Elementary is 84% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% White and 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 67%. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cypress Elementary and a ratio of 24.3:1. This ratio sits 2.0 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 88% of students. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Tulare County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 28.3% at Cypress Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.8%.
Cypress Elementary is located in Tulare County, where the median household income is $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Cypress Elementary is one of 196 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 24.8% is below the 31.0% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Enrollment grew 5% from its 2020-21 level of 536. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.5:1 to 24.3:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cypress Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Tulare City
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- Alpine VistaElementary · 659 students
- Alpine Vista MiddleMiddle · 617 students
Other schools in Tulare
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Mission Oak HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 861 students
- Sundale ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
Other Cypress Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cypress Elementary. Cypress Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 11.
- Cypress ElementaryFontana, CA · 572 students
- Cypress ElementaryCovina, CA · 558 students
- Cypress ElementaryHighland, CA · 517 students
- Cypress ElementaryNewbury Park, CA · 325 students
- Cypress ElementaryRedding, CA · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary1.0 mi · 309
- Frank Kohn Elementary1.2 mi · 617
- Alpine Vista1.4 mi · 659
- Alpine Vista Middle1.4 mi · 617
- Wilson Elementary1.5 mi · 487
- Mission Oak High1.6 mi · 1,678
Frequently asked questions
About Cypress ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cypress Elementary?
Cypress Elementary enrolls approximately 562 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cypress Elementary serve?
Cypress Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cypress Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cypress Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cypress Elementary?
At Cypress Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 84% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cypress Elementary in?
Cypress Elementary is part of Tulare City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.