Tulare Western High

Tulare Western High is a 9-12 campus of expansive scale in Tulare, California, one of the schools within Tulare Joint Union High, serveing 1,927 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 130% above typical.

Within Tulare Joint Union High, which oversees 7 schools and 5,598 students, Tulare Western High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Tulare Western High records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%); the rest comes out to 12% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at Tulare Western High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tulare Western High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

Around the school, census data for Tulare County shows median household earnings sit near $71,300, 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), Tulare Western High is one campus in the mix.

Tulare Support is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tulare Western High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.0%.

Tulare Western High operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Tulare Western High's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 2,023 (now 1,927). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 77% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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