Total enrollment
9,289
-30 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
18 schools in Tulare City
California · 9,289 students · 1 city
Tulare City in California runs 18 public K-12 schools today, teaching roughly 9,289 students (an average of 516 per school).
4-year change in Tulare City
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
18
+2 (+13%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Tulare City ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #439 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9,289 | #165 of 587 | #1,004 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 18 | #118 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #410 of 587 | #8,785 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 80.3% | #147 of 587 | #1,209 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #420 of 530 | #4,618 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Tulare City
State test results across the district's 16 scored schools run from Alpine Vista at 42.3% proficient to Mulcahy Middle at 15.0%, a gap of 27.3 points. That is the 239th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 17 district schools that reported both years went from 9,494 to 8,672 students (down 9%) and from 407 to 385 full-time teachers (down 5%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulcahy Middle | Tulare | Middle | 05-08 | 745 |
| Garden Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-06 | 689 |
| Mission Valley Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-06 | 671 |
| Pleasant Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-05 | 668 |
| Alpine Vista | Tulare | Elementary | KG-04 | 659 |
| Alpine Vista Middle | Tulare | Middle | 05-08 | 617 |
| Frank Kohn Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-06 | 617 |
| Heritage Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-06 | 597 |
| Maple Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-05 | 574 |
| Los Tules Middle | Tulare | Middle | 06-08 | 569 |
| Cypress Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-06 | 562 |
| Roosevelt Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-04 | 561 |
| Wilson Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-06 | 487 |
| Cherry Avenue Middle | Tulare | Middle | 07-08 | 483 |
| Live Oak Middle | Tulare | Middle | 07-08 | 458 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Tulare | Elementary | KG-06 | 309 |
| Tulare Support | Tulare | Elementary | KG-08 | 19 |
| Tulare City Community Day | Tulare | Middle | 06-08 | 4 |
About Tulare City
Tulare City is a sparse California school district running 18 schools with combined enrollment near 9,289.
For a sense of the school types, Tulare City comprises 12 elementary and 6 middle.
On a per-school basis, Tulare City runs about 516 students per school, 11% noticeably below the state mean of roughly 578.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in Tulare City has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 9,319 students to 9,289. Over that span, Tulare City gained 2 schools, going from 16 to 18.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Tulare City discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.