Earlimart Elementary

Set in Earlimart, California, Earlimart Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, overseen by Earlimart Elementary. It hosts 481 students across grades K through 5.

Within Earlimart Elementary, which oversees 3 schools and 1,383 students, Earlimart Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Earlimart Elementary records that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Earlimart Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Earlimart Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.9%; this one delivers 18.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Earlimart Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

The closest other public school is Earlimart Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Earlimart Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 677 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.