Alpaugh Elementary, Alpaugh CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Alpaugh Elementary

Alpaugh Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in a small, unincorporated farming community in southwestern Tulare County. The school is located in the town of Alpaugh, a census-designated place with a young, predominantly Latino population on the historic shoreline of what was once Tulare Lake. Life here centers on agriculture—the principal employer is seasonal farm labor—and the community is described as compact and rural, with minimal commercial offerings and car-dependent daily life.

The school's enrollment is small, with an overall student body of about two to three hundred students distributed fairly evenly across its nine grades. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting the area's economic profile. The student body is overwhelmingly Latino, with a small white minority and a few Asian students; other racial and ethnic groups are not represented in the enrollment data.

Academic performance at Alpaugh Elementary is significantly below state proficiency levels. In mathematics, measured proficiency runs well below that of schools across Tulare County, ranging from single digits in the lower and middle grades to low double digits in the tested upper grades. In English language arts, proficiency is similarly low across grades three through five, though it rises somewhat in grades six through eight, reaching the low twenties in those grades. Science proficiency, measured in grades five and eight, is also markedly below what the county's schools achieve on average. When averaged across all tested subjects and grades, the school sits in the bottom quartile among Tulare County's school population.

Trend data for the school cover only one year, so multi-year patterns cannot be assessed. The data provided do not include the school's English learner identification rate, special education enrollment rate, chronic absenteeism rate, or information on any program offerings beyond regular classroom instruction. School attendance and discipline records are also not available.

The broader Alpaugh Unified School District, which operates this school, has recently adopted California's Expanded Learning Opportunities Program, offering eligible families free before-school, after-school, summer, and intersession enrichment and homework support—a no-cost asset for the families this school serves. The district has also completed a substantial physical plant upgrade with a new gymnasium and additional classroom space. For a parent or resident considering this school, the immediate reality is a small, rural setting with a community economy rooted in agriculture and a student population facing significant academic challenges that are reflected clearly in state testing outcomes. A parent may want to look into further with the school and district what specific instructional supports are in place to address these proficiency gaps, what the English learner population and instructional programs look like, and what the new facilities mean for day-to-day instruction and programming.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 34%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 412%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 67%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 79%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 87%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 311%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 47%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 614%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.