Earlimart Middle

Earlimart Middle is a junior high of small scale in Earlimart, California, operated by Earlimart Elementary, educateing 479 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Earlimart Elementary comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,383 students; Earlimart Middle is among them.

On demographics, Earlimart Middle lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at Earlimart Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Earlimart Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.1%; this one comes in at 19.0%, -17.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tulare County) logs that median household income runs about $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Earlimart Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Earlimart Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Earlimart Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.3%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 579 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Earlimart Middle typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.