Pleasant Elementary

Pleasant Elementary, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Tulare, California, run under Tulare City, caters to 668 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 44% above typical.

Pleasant Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Tulare City, a district that instructs 9,289 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Elementary lists that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% White, 3% Asian, 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 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at Pleasant Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Pleasant Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.2%, the actual is 34.1%, a residual of +4.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tulare County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Pleasant Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Tulare Western High, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 685 students in 2018 compared to 668 in 2025.

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