John J. Doyle Elementary

Located at 1045 East Orange Ave., in Porterville, California, John J. Doyle Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that works with 552 students (grades K through 6), part of Porterville Unified.

Porterville Unified comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,893 students; John J. Doyle Elementary is among them.

On demographics, John J. Doyle Elementary records that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, John J. Doyle Elementary records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting John J. Doyle Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at John J. Doyle Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tulare County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John J. Doyle Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.4%; this one delivers 24.9%.

Across the wider county, Tulare County reports that median household income runs about $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. John J. Doyle Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

Nearest neighbor: Santa Fe Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John J. Doyle Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John J. Doyle Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 661 students in 2018 compared to 552 in 2025.

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