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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Maple Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULARE CITY·NCES 063987006615
Maple Elementary
640 West Cross Ave., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 685-7270 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
536 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
25.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.8pp since 2014
Math
19.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.9% | 17.3% | 25.9% | 48.9% |
| Math | 4.3% | 15.2% | 26.7% | 53.8% |
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 | 25.2% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 17.4% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.4% | 10.3% |
| 2021-22 | 15.6% | 10.1% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 7.9% |
| 2018-19 | 31.3% | 17.5% |
| 2017-18 | 26.2% | 11.4% |
| 2016-17 | 22.0% | 13.6% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Maple Elementary
Maple Elementary's state test result (17.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Elementary this school | 574 | 93.4% | 17.6% |
| Della S. Lindley Elementary Thousand Palms | 552 | 92.6% | 27.1% |
| Bubbling Wells Elementary Desert Hot Springs | 581 | 93.3% | 20.9% |
| Bellevue Elementary Atwater | 599 | 91.8% | 33.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary Corona | 561 | 94.3% | 22.3% |
| Central Elementary Escondido | 575 | 94.3% | 23.3% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Maple Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,779 of 5,151 | #93 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #4,349 of 5,172 ▲ 733 | #85 of 102 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,468 of 5,172 ▲ 440 | #91 of 102 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #681 of 5,116 | #25 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #1,610 of 5,915 | #29 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,255 of 5,352 | #49 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #4,550 of 5,354 | #61 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #654 of 5,625 | #19 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #2,062 of 3,837 | #28 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
574
-87 (-13%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 790
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 574 | 26 | 22.1:1 | 93% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 25 | 22.5:1 | 92% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 26.5 | 22.0:1 | 93% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 28 | 23.6:1 | 95% (625) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 97% (653) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 29 | 25.0:1 | 97% (705) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | N/A | N/A | 94% (667) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 90% (625) |
| 1990-91 | 790 | 35 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maple Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (674 to 574); teachers down 7% (28 to 26).
About Maple Elementary
Maple Elementary is a public elementary school run by Tulare City in Tulare, California. It educates 574 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 23% bigger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Tulare City is the district for Maple Elementary. It has 18 schools and 9,289 students.
Most students at Maple Elementary are Hispanic: 90% of enrollment. The remaining students are 6% White. Census figures show Tulare County is about 67% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Maple Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The teaching staff at Maple Elementary is 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 22.1:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. About 93% of students, or 536, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Tulare County.
The allk12 Grade for Maple Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Maple Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (17.6%) and its predicted rate (24.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Across Tulare County, median household income is about $71,300, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Maple Elementary is among the 196 public schools in Tulare County.
Tulare Support is located about 0.1 miles from Maple Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 29.8% proficiency; Maple Elementary posts 17.6%.
Under the NCES locale system, Maple Elementary is Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 661 to 574. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 23.6:1 to 22.1:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Tulare City
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Alpine VistaElementary · 659 students
- Alpine Vista MiddleMiddle · 617 students
Other schools in Tulare
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Mission Oak HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 861 students
- Sundale ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
Other Maple Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Maple Elementary. Maple Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 15.
- Maple ElementaryHesperia, CA · 988 students
- Maple ElementaryFontana, CA · 511 students
- Maple ElementaryFullerton, CA · 315 students
- Maple ElementaryShafter, CA · 287 students
- Maple ElementaryNewbury Park, CA · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Tulare Support0.1 mi · 19
- Tulare City Community Day0.1 mi · 4
- Tulare Western High0.2 mi · 1,927
- Sierra Vista Charter High0.6 mi · 166
- Roosevelt Elementary0.8 mi · 561
- Mulcahy Middle0.9 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About Maple ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Maple Elementary?
Maple Elementary enrolls approximately 574 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Maple Elementary serve?
Maple Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Maple Elementary have?
Maple Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Maple Elementary?
Student demographics at Maple Elementary are roughly 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Maple Elementary public or private?
Maple Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tulare City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.