Vine Street Community Day

Located at 645 North Prospect St., in Porterville, California, Vine Street Community Day is a tiny four-year high school that works with 14 students (grades 7 through 12), one of the schools within Porterville Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Vine Street Community Day sits 98% smaller than that benchmark.

Vine Street Community Day is one of 22 schools operated by Porterville Unified, a district that educates 13,893 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Vine Street Community Day shows that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, Vine Street Community Day lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Vine Street Community Day qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Tulare County shows median household earnings sit near $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Vine Street Community Day is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

Porterville Military Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vine Street Community Day.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 20 students in 2018 compared to 14 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 85% to 100%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Vine Street Community Day community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.