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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mulcahy Middle this year?
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Enrollment
745
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULARE CITY·NCES 063987006616
Mulcahy Middle
1001 West Sonora Ave., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 685-7250 · Tulare County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public middle 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.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
690 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 197 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 229 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 205 | 28% |
Student demographics
17%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
21.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.6pp since 2014
Math
5.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.8% | 17.7% | 27.6% | 51.0% |
| Math | 1.8% | 3.9% | 21.3% | 73.0% |
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 | 21.4% | 5.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 9.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.6% | 8.9% |
| 2020-21 | 22.9% | 8.2% |
| 2018-19 | 28.1% | 9.3% |
| 2017-18 | 28.7% | 12.3% |
| 2016-17 | 24.1% | 11.3% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% 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 Mulcahy Middle
Mulcahy Middle's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulcahy Middle this school | 745 | 92.6% | 14.9% |
| Indio Middle Indio | 768 | 92.7% | 11.9% |
| John Muir Middle Corcoran | 754 | 90.7% | 20.4% |
| Roy Romer Middle North Hollywood | 707 | 94.1% | 26.5% |
| Van Nuys Middle Van Nuys | 726 | 92.8% | 30.8% |
| Alondra Middle Paramount | 735 | 92.5% | 33.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 Mulcahy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #1,148 of 1,224 | #23 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #1,212 of 1,227 ▼ 82 | #23 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,140 of 1,227 ▼ 60 | #22 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #93 of 1,214 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #516 of 1,377 | #8 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #793 of 1,279 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #1,102 of 1,278 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #194 of 1,329 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #94 of 257 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
745
+108 (+17%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 745 | 34 | 21.9:1 | 93% (690) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 33.6 | 21.6:1 | 91% (663) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 94% (595) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 95% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 30.3 | 22.2:1 | 96% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 30 | 23.1:1 | 96% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | N/A | N/A | 96% (598) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 37 | 21.4:1 | 84% (665) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 31 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mulcahy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (671 to 745); teachers up 12% (30.3 to 34).
About Mulcahy Middle
Mulcahy Middle is a middle school in Tulare, California, according to federal school records. Total enrollment is 745 students, and the grades served are 5 through 8.
Tulare City is the local district for Mulcahy Middle. It runs 18 schools with 9,289 students.
By race and ethnicity, Mulcahy Middle is 91% Hispanic. Other groups include 5% White and 2% Black. The county population is about 67% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mulcahy Middle is 21.9:1, based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Lunch program data show 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Tulare County report 77%.
Mulcahy Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of California public middle schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.3%. Mulcahy Middle scores 14.9%.
In Tulare County, the median household earns about $71,300 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Tulare County, 196 public schools serve about 101,494 students.
Mulcahy Middle's nearest public school is Roosevelt Elementary (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Mulcahy Middle is 4th among 4 schools close by.
Mulcahy Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 745, compared with 637 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.9:1) than in 2020-21 (19.3:1).
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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 City
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Alpine VistaElementary · 659 students
- Alpine Vista MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Frank Kohn ElementaryElementary · 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
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary0.1 mi · 561
- Tulare Technical Preparatory High0.3 mi · 35
- Countryside Community Day0.4 mi · 24
- Maple Elementary0.9 mi · 574
- Tulare Support1.0 mi · 19
- Tulare City Community Day1.0 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Mulcahy MiddleHow large is Mulcahy Middle?
Mulcahy Middle enrolls approximately 745 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Mulcahy Middle serve?
Mulcahy Middle serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Mulcahy Middle?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Mulcahy Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mulcahy Middle?
At Mulcahy Middle, the student body is approximately 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mulcahy Middle?
Mulcahy Middle is overseen by Tulare City in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.