Pinkham Elementary

Pinkham Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Visalia, California, run under Visalia Unified. Current enrollment sits at 476 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Visalia Unified, which oversees 41 schools and 28,725 students, Pinkham Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Pinkham Elementary lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 13% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Pinkham Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 22.8%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Tulare County reports that median household income runs about $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pinkham Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

The closest other public school is Annie R. Mitchell, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pinkham Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 24% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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