Cypress Elementary

Cypress Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school in Tulare, California, operated by Tulare City. The school educates 562 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Tulare City comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 9,289 students; Cypress Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Cypress Elementary shows that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 11% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cypress Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.3%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -3.4 points.

In the area at large, Tulare County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Cypress Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cypress Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Cypress Elementary's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 562).

On allk12, the feed for Cypress Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.