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Schools in Poplar-Cotton Center · Porterville Unified School District, Pleasant View Elementary School District

Poplar-Cotton Center’s public schools score below 93% of California districts on tests and graduation

15% of students in Poplar-Cotton Center’s public schools are proficient in reading, below the California average (47%). The grade covers the public school district serving Poplar-Cotton Center, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
15%
▼ 32 pts vs CA 47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
13%
▼ 20 pts vs CA 33%
2021–22
Spent per student
$19.9K
▼ 6% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024 · Pleasant View Elementary
Students per teacher
18.3
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
446 students on the public path
In brief

Poplar-Cotton Center’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 268 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Poplar-Cotton Center’s, its schools beat 1%, lower than their 7% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 15% of tested students were proficient in reading and 13% in math, against 47% and 33% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Spending, and where it came from

The district spent $19,861 per student in FY2024, against $21,206 across California. 29% of its revenue that year was federal (California 11%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Poplar-Cotton Center’s grade

D Test scores

D: better than 7% of California school districts. Test scores are below the California average; there is no graduation rate to add.

California school districts we grade (1,872)Better than 7%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (268)Better than 1%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 304 test results wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Poplar-Cotton Center’s students in the tested grades sat them (304 in math, 304 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Poplar-Cotton Center, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Pleasant View ElementaryPleasant View Elementary School DistrictNo scores

Parts of Poplar-Cotton Center (7% of its land) are served by Woodville Elementary instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Poplar-Cotton Center

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Porterville Unified School DistrictGrades · 0 schools · 0 students
Pleasant View Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 2 schools · 448 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 18.3 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$19,861CA $21,206 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · K–8, Pleasant View Elementary School District15%
State average 46.7% · 304 students tested
Math · K–8, Pleasant View Elementary School District13%
State average 33.1% · 304 students tested

Poplar-Cotton Center vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the California towns that share Poplar-Cotton Center’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Poplar-Cotton CenterDPleasant View Elementary K–8 · Porterville Unified

Every school in Poplar-Cotton Center

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Poplar-Cotton Centerby address
Pleasant View Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Porterville
446 students19:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Buena Vista Community Day).

Questions about Poplar-Cotton Center’s schools

Are Poplar-Cotton Center’s schools good?

On California’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Poplar-Cotton Center children attend score below 93% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 1%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020.

What school district is Poplar-Cotton Center in?

Porterville Unified School District, which runs grades and enrolls 0 students in 0 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Poplar-Cotton Center are served by Woodville Elementary.

How much does Poplar-Cotton Center spend per student?

$19,861 in Pleasant View Elementary School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.