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If you had an hour of school board time for Granite Hills High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,206
High
DISTRICT 801 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTERVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 060006408426
Granite Hills High
1701 East Putnam Ave., Porterville, CA 93257 · (559) 782-7075 · Tulare County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,206 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,153 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 311 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 274 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 346 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 275 | 23% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.1pp since 2014
Math
19.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 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 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.1% | 27.8% | 26.2% | 30.9% |
| Math | 7.1% | 12.1% | 18.0% | 62.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 21.1% |
| 2021-22 | 53.2% | 20.6% |
| 2020-21 | 47.5% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 53.7% | 19.4% |
| 2017-18 | 49.7% | 11.6% |
| 2016-17 | 51.3% | 8.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Granite Hills High
Granite Hills High's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Hills High this school | 1,206 | 95.6% | 35.4% |
| Cathedral City High Cathedral City | 1,334 | 95.5% | 37.2% |
| Woodrow Wilson Senior High Los Angeles | 1,260 | 94.0% | 41.6% |
| Panorama High Panorama City | 1,316 | 97.6% | 28.1% |
| Orosi High Orosi | 1,108 | 96.0% | 37.1% |
| Maywood Academy High Maywood | 1,012 | 96.7% | 29.7% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Granite Hills High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #648 of 1,052 | #16 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #704 of 1,056 ▼ 146 | #15 of 24 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #842 of 1,056 ▼ 367 | #21 of 24 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #104 of 1,044 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,206 | #682 of 2,093 | #11 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #864 of 1,352 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #1,128 of 1,351 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #109 of 1,575 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #350 of 802 | #4 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,206
-58 (-5%) vs 2020
+24% since 2000-01, when it was 969
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,206 | 54.8 | 22.0:1 | 96% (1,153) |
| 2023-24 | 1,168 | 55.2 | 21.1:1 | 70% (817) |
| 2022-23 | 1,242 | 57 | 21.8:1 | 92% (1,139) |
| 2020-21 | 1,264 | 56 | 22.6:1 | 91% (1,150) |
| 2017-18 | 1,388 | 55.9 | 24.8:1 | 88% (1,226) |
| 2015-16 | 1,335 | 50 | 26.7:1 | 85% (1,129) |
| 2010-11 | 1,148 | N/A | N/A | 88% (1,008) |
| 2000-01 | 969 | 48 | 20.2:1 | 93% (897) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Granite Hills High.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,388 to 1,206); teachers down 2% (55.9 to 54.8).
About Granite Hills High
At 1701 East Putnam Ave. in Porterville, California, Granite Hills High operates as a mid-sized high school. It has an enrollment of 1,206 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.
In Porterville Unified, 22 schools enroll a combined 13,893 students.
Roughly 90% of students at Granite Hills High are Hispanic. Other groups make up 6% White. County-wide, 67% of Tulare County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Granite Hills High is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Granite Hills High has 54.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1. The gap from the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is 3.8 students per teacher. At Granite Hills High, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Tulare County is 77%.
Granite Hills High holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of California public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 23.5%.
For the population of Tulare County, median household income comes to about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tulare County counts 196 public schools with about 101,494 students.
Granite Hills High is about 1.0 miles from Alta Vista Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Granite Hills High is ahead of the 31.5% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Granite Hills High had a net loss of 58 students, or 5%.
The allk12 page for Granite Hills High lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Porterville Unified
- Porterville HighHigh · 2,125 students
- Monache HighHigh · 1,855 students
- Santa Fe ElementaryElementary · 809 students
- Pioneer MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Westfield ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Olive Street ElementaryElementary · 624 students
Other schools in Porterville
- Summit Charter AcademyCombined · 2,423 students
- Porterville HighHigh · 2,125 students
- Monache HighHigh · 1,855 students
- Monarch River AcademyCombined · 1,338 students
- Santa Fe ElementaryElementary · 809 students
- Pioneer MiddleMiddle · 754 students
Other Granite Hills High schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Granite Hills High. Granite Hills High is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Granite Hills HighEl Cajon, CA · 2,331 students
- Granite Hills HighApple Valley, CA · 1,791 students
Nearby schools
- Alta Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 531
- John J. Doyle Elementary1.0 mi · 552
- Roche Elementary1.8 mi · 334
- Santa Fe Elementary1.8 mi · 809
- Los Robles Elementary1.9 mi · 424
- Citrus High2.1 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Granite Hills HighHow many students attend Granite Hills High?
Granite Hills High enrolls approximately 1,206 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Granite Hills High serve?
Granite Hills High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Granite Hills High have?
Granite Hills High employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
How diverse is Granite Hills High?
Granite Hills High reports a student body of 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Granite Hills High?
Granite Hills High is overseen by Porterville Unified in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.