Hope Elementary

Hope Elementary is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Porterville, California, overseen by Hope Elementary, instructing 237 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Hope Elementary comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,096 students; Hope Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Hope Elementary lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 28% White, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hope Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Tulare County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hope Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 52.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Tulare County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Hope Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pioneer Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hope Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hope Elementary has declined 4%, going from 247 students in 2018 to 237 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the Hope Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.