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Four Creeks Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Four Creeks Elementary
Four Creeks Elementary, an average-sized elementary-level community in Visalia, California, part of Visalia Unified, teaches 654 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 41% above typical.
Four Creeks Elementary is one of 41 schools operated by Visalia Unified, a district that works with 28,725 students overall.
On demographics, Four Creeks Elementary reports that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 8% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Four Creeks Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.0%; this one delivers 26.4%.
In the area at large, Tulare County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Four Creeks Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Crowley Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Four Creeks Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 23.9%.
Four Creeks Elementary operates from a city-core location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Four Creeks Elementary has declined 3%, going from 675 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 81% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.
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