Enrollment
297
Middle
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIXLEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063063012170
Pixley Middle
1520 East Ct. St., Pixley, CA 93256 · (559) 757-3018 · Tulare County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
286 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pixley Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
CA avg 47.1% . +23.0pp since 2014
Math
17.5%
CA avg 35.6% . +5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
297
-80 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 24.3:1
% White
1%
was 4%
% Hispanic
96%
was 92%
% Black
1%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pixley Middle
Set in Pixley, California, Pixley Middle is a close-knit middle school, part of Pixley Union Elementary. It serves 297 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.
Pixley Union Elementary comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 827 students; Pixley Middle is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Pixley Middle records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Tulare County's rate of about 77%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pixley Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.
Across the wider county, census data for Tulare County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, 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), Pixley Middle is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Pixley Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Pixley Middle comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.1%.
Pixley Middle operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. Pixley Middle's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 297). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.
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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 Elementary0.1 mi · 530
- Saucelito Elementary5.8 mi · 75
- Earlimart Middle5.9 mi · 479
- Alila6.1 mi · 423
- Earlimart Elementary6.2 mi · 481
- Tipton Elementary6.4 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Pixley MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Pixley Middle?
Pixley Middle enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pixley Middle serve?
Pixley Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pixley Middle?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Pixley Middle.
How diverse is Pixley Middle?
Pixley Middle reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Pixley Middle?
Pixley Middle 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.