Mulcahy Middle

Mulcahy Middle, an average-sized junior high in Tulare, California, one of the schools within Tulare City, works with 745 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Across the 18 schools in Tulare City (9,289 students total), Mulcahy Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Mulcahy Middle records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% White, 2% Black. 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, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Mulcahy Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mulcahy Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.3%, the actual is 16.6%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Tulare County reports that median household income runs about $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%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Mulcahy Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mulcahy Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 22.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mulcahy Middle's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 671 (now 745).

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