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Sierra Vista Charter High

Tulare, CA · Grades 9-12 · 166 students · Tulare Joint Union High

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41% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 8% in math. 95.5% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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PrincipalDaniel Dutto
Grades9-12
Enrollment166 students

Math

8%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

41%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

166

Total enrollment

Graduation

95.5%

Four-year graduation rate

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Academic performance

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 →

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0%25%50%75%100%2019: 0%2022: 2%2023: 0%2024: 3%2025: 8%2019: 49%2022: 48%2023: 33%2024: 40%2025: 41%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 0%2022: 2%2023: 0%2024: 3%2025: 8%2019: 49%2022: 48%2023: 33%2024: 40%2025: 41%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
20190%49%
20222%48%
20230%33%
20243%40%
20258%41%

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.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has stayed near the 15th percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “25% proficient” and call it done. Sierra Vista Charter deserves a closer read. Three in four of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.

As a charter, Sierra Vista Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.

63 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Sierra Vista Charter High scores 41 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 15th percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 25% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 14th percentile · Scope Score 40 of 1002022 · 19th percentile · Scope Score 42 of 1002023 · 14th percentile · Scope Score 40 of 1002024 · 24th percentile · Scope Score 44 of 1002025 · 15th percentile · Scope Score 41 of 100
ELARed(Declined Significantly)MathOrange(Increased)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1149%48%33%40%41%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 110%2%0%3%8%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in five of students here meet the standard. 6% clear it by a lot.

ELA41% met or exceeded
Exceeded 10%Met 32%Nearly Met 35%Not Met 24%
Math8% met or exceeded
Exceeded 2%Met 6%Nearly Met 17%Not Met 75%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school416%25%95.5%15.4%38.3%0.7%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope4154
% Exceeded6%20%
% Met+25%43%
Grad rate95.5%92.5%
College readiness15.4%43.0%
Absence38.3%23.1%
Suspension0.7%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard about even with the same group statewide.

At Sierra Vista Charter High in Tulare, 35.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 49.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sierra Vista Charter High trails its district average for low-income students by 14.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (7.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 6.0 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 51 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 25% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 25%, district —, state 43%25%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 22%, district 34%, state 32%22% · −3 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 24%, district 36%, state 32%24% · −0 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 25%, district 40%, state 44%25% · +1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 23%, district 37%, state 42%23% · −2 vs school

7 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
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Hispanic90.0% AP · 82.5% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 0.2% enroll.
Asian10.0% AP · 2.8% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.5% enroll.
Black0.0% AP · 2.3% enroll.
White0.0% AP · 11.6% enroll.
Two or more races0.0% AP · 0.2% enroll.
English learners0.0% AP · 12.0% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.0% AP · 8.0% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

55%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 34 of 62 completers · includes community colleges

62Completers
2%
Other colleges1 completers · Outside the California community college system
53%
California community colleges33 completers · Enrolled within a year
45%
Not recorded enrolled28 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
55%enrolled in college within a year
  • California community college33 (53%)
  • Out-of-state, 4-year1 (2%)
  • Not enrolled28 (45%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

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The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 15 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher15 · district 21
Teaching staff13 teachers
Avg. experience17.2 years
Fully credentialed22%
PrincipalDaniel Dutto
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Teacher salary schedule$71,817 – $133,839
Principal salaryUp to $175,225
Superintendent salary$214,255

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers2 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers7 students
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

38.3% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 23.1% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 38.3%, district 19.2%, state 23.1%38.3% · +15.3pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.7%, district —, state 3.3%0.7% · −2.5pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1239.9%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $21,828 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$1,124 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $21,828, CA average $14,491$21,828 · spent at this school
Federal share$1,124 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,166 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 51%Instruction support 9%Student services 14%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 15%Other 3%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$14,279 per pupil
2019$14,107 per pupil
2018$14,165 per pupil
2017$13,538 per pupil
2016$12,963 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Three in four of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 166 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 12% 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.

Hispanic or Latino74.7% · district 80.5% · CA 56.1%
White18.7% · district 13.3% · CA 19.9%
Asian5.4% · district 1.6% · CA 10.2%
Black0.6% · district 2.3% · CA 4.8%
Other0.6% · district 2.3% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 64.5% · Male 34.9% · Non-binary 0.6%
Free or reduced lunch79.5% · CA 64%
Median income$73K · CA $85K
Median home value$330K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+12% · CA 35%
ZIP population80,026
Median age30 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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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.

SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Sierra Vista Charter HighCharterNeeds Support6%25%School being viewed
Tulare Western HighPublicSolid19%46%0.8 mi
Tulare Union HighPublicSolid15%42%0.5 mi
Accelerated Charter Highalternative comparison groupCharterSolid1%5%3.3 mi
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Is Sierra Vista Charter High a good high school?
Sierra Vista Charter High has a Scope Score of 41 out of 100, placing it in the 15th percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,392 statewide. 5.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 14.3 percentage points below the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Sierra Vista Charter High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 24.6% of students at Sierra Vista Charter High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 5.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 19.1% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 5.6% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 126 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Sierra Vista Charter High rank in California?
Sierra Vista Charter High ranks #1,392 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 15th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Sierra Vista Charter High?
38.3% of students at Sierra Vista Charter High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 0.7%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Sierra Vista Charter High compare to other schools in Tulare?
Sierra Vista Charter High scores 41/100 (15th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 166 students. Use the schools in Tulare page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Sierra Vista Charter High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Sierra Vista Charter High in Tulare, 35.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 49.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Sierra Vista Charter High trails its district average for low-income students by 14.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (7.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 6.0 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 51 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate95.5%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard5.6%19.8%22%
College readiness15.4%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded24.6%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism38.3%23.1%5%
Suspension rate0.7%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

A closer look at the evidence

Sierra Vista Charter High: reading the evidence

Sierra Vista Charter posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (0.7% vs 3.3%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
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Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Sierra Vista Charter High is ranked #1,392 statewide · #4 of 4 in Tulare Joint Union High.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate95.5%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard5.6%19.8%22%
College readiness15.4%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded24.6%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism38.3%23.1%5%
Suspension rate0.7%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.5% · index 60 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 19.8% · index 39 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↓ vs CA 43.0% · index 40 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.2% · index 42 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 23.1% · index 43 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 31.9pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 63 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.4pp lower vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 116310%32%35%24%41%−7
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11632%6%17%75%8%−16

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)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide430%12%77%12%

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 · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged5135.3%−14−3
Hispanic/Latino4839.6%−13+1
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Sierra Vista Charter High ←415.6%24.6%0.7%
Tulare Western High0.8 mi5618.8%45.9%4.2%
Tulare Union High0.5 mi5514.5%41.8%5.7%
California average5419.8%43.2%3.3%
Accelerated Charter Highscored within its class, not statewide3.3 mi270.5%4.7%14.0%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
Graduation Rate
95.5%
AP Exam Prepared
15.4%
A-G Completion
20.6%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
54.8%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20194014#13044.1%24.3%29.6%4.3%
20224219#12894.1%24.6%34.0%0.8%
20234014#14041.3%16.7%24.8%0.8%
20244424#12497.5%21.7%6.4%1.1%
20254115#13925.6%24.6%38.3%0.7%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female32.9%35.3%+2.4pp
Male26.8%49.3%+22.5pp
Hispanic/Latino28.6%42.5%+13.9pp
White44.0%34.3%-9.7pp
Students with Disabilities41.7%58.3%+16.6pp
English Learners21.4%43.8%+22.4pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged33.0%41.4%+8.4pp
All Students31.0%39.9%+8.9pp
Homeless50.0%
06Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 06 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count3
AP enrollment10
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections6
Chemistry sections13
Total enrollment (CRDC)576

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.

07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
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DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00.0%
California State University00.0%
California community college3353.2%
In-state private00.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year11.6%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled2845.2%

62 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 55% · % 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.

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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 · 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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