Maple Elementary, Tulare CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Maple Elementary

Maple Elementary sits in a Tulare neighborhood as a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade. The school enrolls about five hundred or so students, the majority of whom, roughly nine in ten, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with smaller populations of white, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. The school's peer composition reflects the economic and demographic character of the neighborhood it serves.

On state assessments, Maple's results show significant academic challenges. In English language arts, proficiency runs in the low to mid-twenties across the tested grades, with fifth-graders showing somewhat stronger results than those in third grade. Math proficiency is lower still, dropping to single digits in fifth grade while hovering in the upper twenties for third grade. Science proficiency in fifth grade falls to around one in eight students. Across tested subjects and grades, Maple's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Tulare County.

These results warrant close attention. A parent may want to discuss directly with the school what academic support systems are in place, how the school is addressing gaps, and what role families can play. The district adopted the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Into Math curriculum in 2023 for all grades K-8, a shift that means math instruction at Maple now follows a standardized district program supplemented by online tools. That adoption provides a consistent framework, though results suggest the school faces headwinds in translating curriculum into proficiency gains.

The elementary school sits in a mid-sized Central Valley city anchored in agriculture and food processing. Tulare is one of California's more affordable housing markets, with median home values substantially below the state benchmark and rents modest relative to regional norms. The city is growing modestly and adding housing, and downtown civic anchors including the public library, recently renovated Zumwalt Park, and public transit via the Tulare Transit Center serve the community. Schools are distributed across residential neighborhoods rather than clustered downtown.

Maple Elementary is a neighborhood school serving a student population with substantial economic need. Its test results are low and warrant real scrutiny into what teaching and support systems are at work. That said, families considering this school should see the data clearly, ask detailed questions about remediation and progress monitoring, and understand the school's plan for improving proficiency.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 37% · ▼ 9 pts below district

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

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 30% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 18% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 36% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 36% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 32% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 19% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 7 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.