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9%Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced
Charter high school
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71% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 9% in math. 100.0% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.
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How archetypes are assigned →Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced
Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced
Total enrollment
Four-year graduation rate
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Compare nearby schools →What do the results tell us?
2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.
Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →
Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.
| Year | Math | English |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7% | 56% |
| 2023 | 16% | 68% |
| 2024 | 19% | 62% |
| 2025 | 9% | 71% |
Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.
Achievement-level percentages are not percentiles. “Developing” here is a test achievement level, separate from the SchoolScope performance band with the same name.
Most rating sites would stop at “40% proficient” and call it done. Porterville Military Academy deserves a closer read. Four in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Porterville Military Academy's low-income kids hit 50.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
As a charter, Porterville Military Academy enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
131 tested · 1 of 1 grade published
Porterville Military Academy scores 49 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 35th percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 32% | 23% | 38% | 29% | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 31% | 26% | 27% | 31% | 48% |
| Grade 11 | — | 56% | 68% | 62% | 71% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 21% | 20% | 23% | 35% | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 13% | 4% | 10% | 11% | 21% |
| Grade 11 | — | 7% | 16% | 19% | 9% |
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49 | 17% | 40% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 18.0% | 2.2% |
| CA average · High School | 54 | 20% | 43% | 92.5% | 43.0% | 23.1% | 3.3% |
Context — never part of the Scope Score
California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits well below the middle of California high schools in reading, and the 13th in math. We show it; we don't score it.
— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California high school lands at −3 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −13 and +5 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.
Who shares in the school’s results?
50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.
9 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California high school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.
— 3 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.
What happens after high school?
Class of 2023 · 13 of 22 completers · includes community colleges
Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Context — never part of the Scope Score
CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic
See the full roll →What is it like to be a student here?
Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.
Average teacher experience in the published staffing record. It does not measure individual teacher effectiveness.
Authorization does not mean every course runs every year. Ask about current offerings, prerequisites, scheduling and support.
The share of students absent for at least 10% of their enrolled school days. Attendance reflects both school and out-of-school circumstances.
Context — never part of the Scope Score
Porterville Military Academy's teachers are authorized to teach 2 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Spanish Language and Culture and English Language and Composition.
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09
Grades 9–12 students miss school at roughly one and a half times the rate of Grades 7–8 students (13.9% vs 9.1%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.
What sits behind the school experience?
Context — never part of the Scope Score
$249 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
Context — never part of the Scope Score
At 255 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 36% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
What is the school’s approach?
School-stated approach · questions for your visit
A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.
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What should families understand about teaching, support and the school community?
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What are the alternatives?
Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.
2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.
No nearby schools in this category are listed. The school being viewed stays visible for reference.
| School | Type | Performance band | Advanced | Proficient or Advanced | Distance | Select |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porterville Military Academy | Charter | Developing | 17% | 40% | School being viewed | |
| Monache High | Public | Solid | 16% | 39% | 1.0 mi | |
| Porterville High | Public | Developing | 16% | 44% | 2.0 mi | |
| Citrus Highcontinuation comparison group | Public | Needs Support | 1% | 4% | 1.6 mi |
Nearby public schools across grade levels.
Which schools could serve my child?
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School website →Source: proximity. Schools are grouped by grade stage. Nearby schools are not confirmed feeder links or address assignments. Verify the current path and eligibility with the district.
What should I do next?
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On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.
| What we weigh | Here | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 100.0% | 92.5% | 25% |
| Exceeded standard | 17.1% | 19.8% | 22% |
| College readiness | 0.0% | 43.0% | 20% |
| Met or exceeded | 40.0% | 43.2% | 18% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 18.0% | 23.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 2.2% | 3.3% | 5% |
Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built
Porterville Military Academy posts 40% meeting the standard and 17.1% exceeding it, against 43% and 19.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.
This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Explore the underlying data →Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.
Porterville Military Academy is ranked #1,063 statewide · #4 of 7 in Porterville Unified.
| Factor | School | State | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 100.0% | 92.5% | 25% |
| Exceeded standard | 17.1% | 19.8% | 22% |
| College readiness | 0.0% | 43.0% | 20% |
| Met or exceeded | 40.0% | 43.2% | 18% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 18.0% | 23.1% | 5% |
| Suspension rate | 2.2% | 3.3% | 5% |
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 44 | 5% | 34% | 27% | 34% | 39% | −9 |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 8% | 40% | 33% | 19% | 48% | +2 |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 31% | 40% | 23% | 6% | 71% | +23 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 44 | 7% | 11% | 48% | 34% | 18% | −16 |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 4% | 17% | 31% | 48% | 21% | −11 |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 3% | 6% | 37% | 54% | 9% | −15 |
We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 88 | 10% | 26% | 60% | 3% |
CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 122 | 50.0% | +10 | +12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 107 | 53.3% | +12 | +14 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porterville Military Academy ← | — | 49 | 17.1% | 40.0% | 2.2% |
| Monache High | 1 mi | 53 | 16.1% | 39.4% | 2.8% |
| Porterville High | 2 mi | 49 | 15.8% | 44.2% | 4.7% |
| California average | — | 54 | 19.8% | 43.2% | 3.3% |
| Citrus Highscored within its class, not statewide | 1.6 mi | 16 | 1.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42 | 20 | #1276 | 3.7% | 31.5% | 27.6% | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 51 | 43 | #923 | 18.9% | 41.9% | 18.4% | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 49 | 40 | #983 | 21.4% | 40.5% | 21.4% | 5.9% |
| 2025 | 49 | 35 | #1063 | 17.1% | 40.0% | 18.0% | 2.2% |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 14.6% | 13.7% | -0.9pp |
| Male | 15.1% | 11.0% | -4.1pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 12.5% | 12.7% | +0.2pp |
| White | 17.4% | 9.1% | -8.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 23.1% | — | — |
| English Learners | 9.5% | 19.0% | +9.5pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 17.6% | 13.4% | -4.2pp |
| All Students | 14.9% | 12.1% | -2.8pp |
| Military-Connected | — | 16.7% | — |
| Subject | Taught by |
|---|---|
| English Language and Composition | this school |
| Spanish Language and Culture | this school |
Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.
| Measure | This school |
|---|---|
| AP offered | not offered |
| AP course count | not reported |
| AP enrollment | not reported |
| IB participation | not offered |
| Dual enrollment | not offered |
| Algebra I in grade 8 | offered · 7 enrolled |
| Calculus sections | 0 |
| Physics sections | 0 |
| Chemistry sections | 0 |
| Total enrollment (CRDC) | 223 |
Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.
| Destination | Completers | % (derived) |
|---|---|---|
| University of California | 0 | 0.0% |
| California State University | 2 | 9.1% |
| California community college | 10 | 45.5% |
| In-state private | 0 | 0.0% |
| Out-of-state, 4-year | 1 | 4.5% |
| Out-of-state, 2-year | 0 | 0.0% |
| Not enrolled | 9 | 40.9% |
22 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 59% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.
| Group | Reading | n | CDE band | Math | n | CDE band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | −3 | 95 | Average | −14 | 95 | Moderate |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | −4 | 89 | Average | −15 | 89 | Moderate |
| Hispanic or Latino | −5 | 78 | Average | −19 | 78 | Moderate |
| English Only | +1 | 53 | not categorised | −10 | 53 | not categorised |
| English Learner | −18 | 24 | Moderate | −21 | 24 | Minimal |
| Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only | −12 | 19 | not categorised | −25 | 19 | not categorised |
| White | −4 | 14 | Average | +2 | 14 | Average |
Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.
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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-18
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