Manuel F. Hernandez

Manuel F. Hernandez operates as an expansive elementary-level community in Visalia, California, overseen by Visalia Unified. Current enrollment sits at 707 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 52% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Visalia Unified, which oversees 41 schools and 28,725 students, Manuel F. Hernandez is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Manuel F. Hernandez records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Manuel F. Hernandez higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Manuel F. Hernandez performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Tulare County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,300, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Manuel F. Hernandez is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

Oak Grove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 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 Manuel F. Hernandez at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Manuel F. Hernandez's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 720 (now 707). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Manuel F. Hernandez community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.