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What clubs or activities at Pleasant View Elementary are worth joining?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT VIEW ELEMENTARY·NCES 063105004809
Pleasant View Elementary
14004 Road 184, Porterville, CA 93257 · (559) 784-6769 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
19.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
407 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 44% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
15.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
11.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.6% | 13.9% | 24.1% | 60.4% |
| Math | 1.3% | 10.2% | 19.7% | 68.8% |
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 | 15.5% | 11.5% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 12.2% |
| 2022-23 | 18.3% | 12.8% |
| 2021-22 | 14.8% | 12.5% |
| 2018-19 | 17.8% | 14.6% |
| 2017-18 | 15.9% | 12.0% |
| 2016-17 | 15.7% | 9.7% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
14.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Pleasant View Elementary
Pleasant View Elementary's state test result (14.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View Elementary this school | 446 | 91.3% | 14.0% |
| Landmark Elementary Watsonville | 419 | 91.2% | 11.0% |
| Frank Sparkes Elementary Winton | 422 | 92.7% | 60.7% |
| Fremont Elementary Delano | 440 | 91.8% | 27.5% |
| Walnut Elementary La Habra | 446 | 90.8% | 25.6% |
| Shirpser Elementary El Monte | 440 | 90.5% | 38.2% |
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 Pleasant View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #4,985 of 5,151 | #99 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #4,976 of 5,172 ▼ 74 | #96 of 102 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #5,034 of 5,172 ▼ 65 | #100 of 102 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #1,732 of 5,116 | #13 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #3,081 of 5,915 | #64 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #539 of 5,352 | #13 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #4,453 of 5,354 | #57 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #932 of 5,625 | #28 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #3,217 of 3,837 | #62 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
446
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 446 | 23.5 | 19.0:1 | 91% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 23.5 | 19.3:1 | 88% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 24.5 | 16.9:1 | 87% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 69% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 21 | 22.6:1 | 91% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 22 | 22.1:1 | 95% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | N/A | N/A | 91% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 24 | 21.5:1 | 97% (500) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 16 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (474 to 446); teachers up 12% (21 to 23.5).
About Pleasant View Elementary
Pleasant View Elementary sits in Porterville, California, and is classified as an elementary school. Its 446 students are spread across kindergarten through 8.
In federal data, the district for Pleasant View Elementary is the school itself.
Federal enrollment data show Pleasant View Elementary is 89% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% Asian and 4% White. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 67% share among Tulare County residents. Pleasant View Elementary's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.0:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligible students account for 91% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Tulare County average 77%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Pleasant View Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Pleasant View Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 26.1%. Pleasant View Elementary scores 14.0%, 12.1 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tulare County show that the median household income is $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Pleasant View Elementary is one of 196 public schools in the county.
Buena Vista Community Day is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Pleasant View Elementary holds 4 other public schools. Pleasant View Elementary's average proficiency of 14.0% compares with 30.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Pleasant View Elementary had 439 students in 2020-21 and 446 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.9:1 to 19.0:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other schools in Pleasant View Elementary
- Buena Vista Community DayMiddle · 2 students
Other schools in Porterville
- Summit Charter AcademyCombined · 2,423 students
- Porterville HighHigh · 2,125 students
- Monache HighHigh · 1,855 students
- Monarch River AcademyCombined · 1,338 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Santa Fe ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other Pleasant View Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant View Elementary. Pleasant View Elementary is the 6th largest of the 13.
- PLEASANT VIEW ELEMENTARYMERIDIAN, ID · 747 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 621 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolYorktown, IN · 618 students
- Pleasant View ElementaryPleasant View, TN · 566 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolJOSHUA, TX · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Buena Vista Community Day0.9 mi · 2
- Rockford Elementary3.2 mi · 301
- Woodville Elementary3.7 mi · 371
- Saucelito Elementary4.6 mi · 75
- Jim Maples Academy5.4 mi · 466
- Burton Community Day5.4 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant View ElementaryHow many students attend Pleasant View Elementary?
Pleasant View Elementary enrolls approximately 446 students in grades KG-08.
Is Pleasant View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant View Elementary?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Pleasant View Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant View Elementary?
At Pleasant View Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Pleasant View Elementary public or private?
Pleasant View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasant View Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.