Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center, Visalia CA

Original Research by School Decision on Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center

Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center is a direct-funded charter school in Visalia serving kindergarten through grade twelve. The school is the sole entity within its own independent school district and operates a homeschool-support model that draws families from across five counties in the Central Valley region.

The school serves a small enrollment for its grade span, with students distributed across all thirteen grades. The student body is roughly half White and about a quarter Hispanic, with a small number of African American and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school among schools that serve economically stressed populations.

The charter has experienced notable growth in recent years, expanding its student population significantly since the early part of this decade. Enrollment has climbed as the school's parent-partnership model has attracted more families seeking structured homeschool support. The school has grown its campus to match, expanding from a single building into four separate structures on a seven-acre site in Visalia, while preserving the original historic schoolhouse. Three new buildings were constructed to house academic and enrichment space, along with a dedicated parent-lounge area. This campus refresh reflects the school's stability and ongoing investment in its physical plant.

On state testing, the school's results show areas of strength and areas where achievement remains modest. In English language arts across all tested grades, the school reached a moderate proficiency level overall. Grade eight stands out with substantially stronger performance in ELA. Science proficiency is the strongest subject area, particularly at grade eight. Mathematics proficiency is lower across the board, with results in the lower range for most grade bands except grade eight, where the school approaches a higher level. State science testing covers only grades five and eight, so a full picture of science learning across the grade span is not available.

The school's overall proficiency index across all tested subjects places it below the midpoint when compared to the other districts in Tulare County. Most grade-level results in math and ELA fall in the lower ranges, suggesting that while the school serves real academic needs for the families it works with, the student population overall faces challenges in meeting state content standards. A parent may want to look into the school's instructional approaches and support systems directly, since the data does not speak to how the homeschool-support model shapes teaching, pacing, or remediation.

No graduation rate data was available for this school. No high school test results appear in the state's reporting, which likely reflects the small number of high school students or the way the school reports achievement. Enrollment and program data for specific courses, AP offerings, or career pathways also were not available in the sources examined.

The school's model rests on partnership between families and teachers. It functions as a supplement to homeschooling rather than a traditional full-time school day. Families considering this pathway should understand that enrollment growth and campus expansion signal confidence from the organization and its families, but that the data on student academic proficiency, while present, shows gaps in math and reading that merit conversation with the school about how the program addresses them.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 23 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

2,394 schools plotted. 142 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · district not reported

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

Grade 425%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · district not reported

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 721%

School 21% · district not reported

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

Grade 837%

School 37% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 327%

School 27% · district not reported

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

Grade 425%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · district not reported

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

Grade 737%

School 37% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 526%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income27%1 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income21%Higher-income28%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income36%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income43%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income39%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income57%Higher-income50%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income27%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income7%Higher-income39%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income18%Higher-income21%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income43%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income15%Higher-income28%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income38%2 pp gap