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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIXLEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063063004754
Pixley Elementary
300 North School St., Pixley, CA 93256 · (559) 757-3131 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
19.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
511 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 125 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pixley Elementary→Pixley Middle
Based on grade levels within Pixley Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.1pp since 2014
Math
25.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.0% | 21.1% | 28.2% | 38.7% |
| Math | 8.7% | 16.5% | 30.4% | 44.4% |
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 | 33.1% | 25.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 26.3% |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 23.2% |
| 2021-22 | 30.5% | 22.2% |
| 2020-21 | 18.2% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 33.4% | 24.0% |
| 2017-18 | 21.2% | 20.3% |
| 2016-17 | 13.2% | 12.6% |
| 2015-16 | 10.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Pixley Elementary
Pixley Elementary's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pixley Elementary this school | 530 | 96.4% | 28.1% |
| La Granada Elementary Riverside | 524 | 96.0% | 21.1% |
| Fairview Elementary Bakersfield | 552 | 97.1% | 29.9% |
| Calabasas Elementary Watsonville | 512 | 97.1% | 14.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Tulare | 561 | 97.1% | 17.4% |
| Karl F. Clemens Elementary Wasco | 551 | 95.5% | 17.3% |
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 Pixley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #3,736 of 5,151 | #67 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #3,749 of 5,172 ▼ 281 | #68 of 102 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #3,655 of 5,172 ▲ 352 | #66 of 102 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #2,367 of 5,116 | #76 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,093 of 5,915 | #44 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #774 of 5,352 | #18 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #4,834 of 5,354 | #75 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #268 of 5,625 | #9 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #1,019 of 3,837 | #11 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
530
-62 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 530 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 96% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 26 | 21.2:1 | 96% (531) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 96% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 28 | 21.1:1 | 97% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 34 | 20.4:1 | 96% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 34 | 21.8:1 | 95% (704) |
| 2010-11 | 719 | N/A | N/A | 100% (716) |
| 2000-01 | 842 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 94% (789) |
| 1990-91 | 771 | 34 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pixley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (695 to 530); teachers down 21% (34 to 27).
About Pixley Elementary
Pixley Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Pixley, California. Federal data show 530 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Besides Pixley Elementary, Pixley Union Elementary runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 827 students.
The share of students at Pixley Elementary who are Hispanic is 94%. The remaining students are 5% White. Among people living in Tulare County, the Hispanic share is about 67%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Pixley Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. The school's 19.6:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. The school has 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Tulare County.
Among California public elementary schools, Pixley Elementary outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 23.1% at Pixley Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.1%.
Census data for Tulare County show the median household earns about $71,300 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pixley Elementary, Tulare County has 196 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Pixley Middle is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Pixley Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Pixley Elementary enrolled 592 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 530. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.1:1 to 19.6:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Pixley Middle0.1 mi · 297
- Saucelito Elementary5.7 mi · 75
- Earlimart Middle5.9 mi · 479
- Alila6.2 mi · 423
- Earlimart Elementary6.2 mi · 481
- Tipton Elementary6.3 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Pixley ElementaryHow large is Pixley Elementary?
Pixley Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pixley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pixley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pixley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pixley Elementary is approximately 19.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pixley Elementary?
At Pixley Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Pixley Elementary?
Pixley Elementary is overseen by Pixley Union Elementary in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.