Kings River Elementary

Set in Kingsburg, California, Kings River Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school, one of the schools within Kings River Union Elementary. It teaches 389 students across grades K through 8.

Kings River Union Elementary is the operating authority for Kings River Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kings River Elementary records that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Kings River Elementary shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Kings River Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.3%, the actual is 23.6%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Kings River Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

The closest other public school is Clay Elementary, roughly 2.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kings River Elementary. On composite proficiency, Kings River Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.

Kings River Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 9% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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