Santa Fe Elementary

Santa Fe Elementary is a primary school of substantial scale in Porterville, California, operated by Porterville Unified, teacheing 809 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 74% larger than typical.

Porterville Unified comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,893 students; Santa Fe Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Santa Fe Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, Santa Fe Elementary reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Tulare County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, Santa Fe Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 26.6%; this one delivers 48.7%, a residual of +22.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate median household income runs about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Santa Fe Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Olive Street Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Santa Fe Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Santa Fe Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.4%.

Santa Fe Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Santa Fe Elementary's enrollment has rose 13% since 2018, when it stood at 713 (now 809). Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.