Sequoia Middle

Set in Porterville, California, Sequoia Middle is a compact 6-8 campus, overseen by Porterville Unified. It works with 532 students across grades 7 through 8.

Within Porterville Unified, which oversees 22 schools and 13,893 students, Sequoia Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Sequoia Middle lists that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 13% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.2:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tulare County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sequoia Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.5%, the actual is 37.1%, a residual of +8.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tulare County put median household earnings sit near $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Sequoia Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Westfield Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sequoia Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sequoia Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.4%.

Sequoia Middle operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sequoia Middle has shrank 11%, going from 599 students in 2018 to 532 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 77% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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