Visalia Technical Early College

As a micro-enrollment senior high in Visalia, California, Visalia Technical Early College works with 216 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Visalia Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 838.

Across the 41 schools in Visalia Unified (28,725 students total), Visalia Technical Early College accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Visalia Technical Early College lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Visalia Technical Early College lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Visalia Technical Early College tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Visalia Technical Early College sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 47.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tulare County put median household income runs about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Visalia Technical Early College is one campus in the mix.

Valley Life Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Visalia Technical Early College. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Visalia Technical Early College at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site. Visalia Technical Early College is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 260 students in 2018 compared to 216 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 43% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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