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If you had an hour of school board time for Mission Oak High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,678
High
DISTRICT 800 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULARE JOINT UNION HIGH·NCES 063993012084
Mission Oak High
3442 East Bardsley Ave., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 688-2021 · Tulare County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,678 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of California public high schools
- B-Test 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.
- BThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
1,112 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 461 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 465 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 410 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 342 | 20% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
53.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.4pp since 2014
Math
23.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.6% | 32.0% | 23.7% | 22.7% |
| Math | 9.7% | 14.1% | 22.4% | 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 | 53.6% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 24.3% |
| 2022-23 | 56.7% | 23.9% |
| 2021-22 | 51.8% | 17.9% |
| 2020-21 | 60.3% | 25.4% |
| 2018-19 | 62.1% | 24.4% |
| 2017-18 | 52.4% | 26.3% |
| 2016-17 | 48.3% | 24.1% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Mission Oak High
Mission Oak High's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Oak High this school | 1,678 | 66.3% | 38.2% |
| La Habra High La Habra | 1,881 | 65.1% | 39.9% |
| Piner High Santa Rosa | 1,434 | 64.4% | 27.1% |
| El Diamante High Visalia | 1,890 | 62.6% | 47.2% |
| El Modena High Orange | 1,795 | 69.0% | 44.2% |
| Golden West High Visalia | 2,059 | 70.7% | 30.1% |
Matched among California high 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 Mission Oak High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #571 of 1,052 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #567 of 1,056 ▼ 76 | #10 of 24 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #616 of 1,056 ▲ 11 | #16 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #406 of 1,044 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,678 | #458 of 2,093 | #8 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #676 of 1,352 | #10 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #926 of 1,351 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #929 of 1,575 | #20 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #153 of 327 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,678
+213 (+15%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 1,329
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 1,678 | 80.3 | 20.9:1 | 66% (1,112) |
| 2023-24 | 1,741 | 81.2 | 21.4:1 | 73% (1,274) |
| 2022-23 | 1,686 | 77.9 | 21.6:1 | 72% (1,209) |
| 2020-21 | 1,465 | 68 | 21.5:1 | 69% (1,018) |
| 2017-18 | 1,550 | 64.8 | 23.9:1 | 72% (1,113) |
| 2015-16 | 1,464 | 60 | 24.4:1 | 67% (981) |
| 2010-11 | 1,329 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Oak High.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,550 to 1,678); teachers up 24% (64.8 to 80.3).
About Mission Oak High
Mission Oak High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Tulare, California. Enrollment is 1,678 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in California is about 838 students, so this school is 100% above average.
Tulare Joint Union High has 5,598 students in 7 schools, and Mission Oak High is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Mission Oak High, at 79%. The next largest groups are 16% White and 2% Black. In Tulare County overall, about 67% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.9:1. This ratio sits 2.7 above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 66%. That rate is below the 77% average among public schools in Tulare County.
Measured against California public high schools, Mission Oak High receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mission Oak High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.2%, compared with a predicted 40.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Tulare County (population about 478,693), the median household income is $71,300, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Mission Oak High is one of 196 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Alpine Vista Middle, is about 0.4 miles from Mission Oak High. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mission Oak High ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Mission Oak High as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 1,678 students in 2024-25, 213 more than the 1,465 it had in 2020-21.
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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 Joint Union High
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Sierra Vista Charter HighHigh · 166 students
- Accelerated Charter HighHigh · 152 students
- Tulare Technical Preparatory HighHigh · 35 students
- Countryside Community DayHigh · 24 students
Other schools in Tulare
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 861 students
- Sundale ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
Nearby schools
- Alpine Vista Middle0.4 mi · 617
- Alpine Vista0.4 mi · 659
- Frank Kohn Elementary1.3 mi · 617
- Cypress Elementary1.6 mi · 562
- Live Oak Middle1.9 mi · 458
- Lincoln Elementary2.0 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Oak HighWhat is the total enrollment at Mission Oak High?
Mission Oak High enrolls approximately 1,678 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mission Oak High serve?
Mission Oak High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mission Oak High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mission Oak High is approximately 20.9:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Oak High?
At Mission Oak High, the student body is approximately 16% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mission Oak High?
Mission Oak High is overseen by Tulare Joint Union High in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.