Cherry Avenue Middle

Summary:

Cherry Avenue Middle is a public middle school located in Tulare, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 425 students. The school is part of the Tulare City School District, which is ranked 1258 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cherry Avenue Middle faces significant challenges, with a high chronic absenteeism rate ranging from 3.9% to 25.6%, and consistently underperforming on standardized tests compared to the Tulare City district and the state of California. In 2023-2024, only 26.75% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 30.81% in Tulare City and 47.04% statewide. The school also has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 86.02% to 90.35%, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

When compared to nearby schools in the Tulare City district, such as Los Tules Middle and Alpine Vista Middle, Cherry Avenue Middle consistently underperforms on test scores and has higher chronic absenteeism rates. The performance gap is even more pronounced when compared to schools in the neighboring Farmersville Unified and Visalia Unified districts, such as Freedom Elementary and Green Acres Middle, which have significantly higher test scores and lower chronic absenteeism rates.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 540 North Cherry St.
       Tulare, CA  93274-2918


(559) 685-7320

District: Tulare City

SchoolDigger Rank:
2324th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,205 Help


Students who attend Cherry Avenue Middle usually attend:

High:    Mission Oak High

Feeder schools for Cherry Avenue Middle:

Elementary:    Cypress Elementary
    Garden Elementary
    Lincoln Elementary
    Wilson Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  20.8 Help
Number of students:  456

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
83.3%
White:
9.9%
African American:
3.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  79.8% Help


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Compare Details Cherry Avenue Middle ranks worse than 83.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Tulare City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.27. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (83.3%), White (9.9%), African American (3.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 79.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cherry Avenue Middle is 20.8, which is the 2nd best among 4 middle schools in the Tulare City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cherry Avenue Middle is $11,205, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Tulare City School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cherry Avenue Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Cherry Avenue Middle 2324th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Cherry Avenue Middle in the ranking list.)

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Tulare City:

SchoolDigger ranks Tulare City 1258th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cherry Avenue Middle

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Rank History for all students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 54.81 687th 1769 61.2%
2005 53.40 733rd 1777 58.8%
2006 54.42 734th 1804 59.3%
2007 50.80 888th 1999 55.6%
2008 49.08 944th 2005 52.9%
2009 49.58 983rd 2063 52.4%
2010 47.01 1113th 2179 48.9%
2011 48.28 1142nd 2236 48.9%
2012 42.09 1304th 2259 42.3%
2013 47.98 1213th 2379 49.0%
2015 35.60 1458th 2477 41.1%
2016 34.75 1494th 2497 40.2%
2017 26.26 1798th 2508 28.3%
2018 19.42 2026th 2480 18.3%
2019 17.47 2295th 2715 15.5%
2021 15.43 807th 894 9.7%
2022 17.14 2348th 2740 14.3%
2023 17.05 2427th 2802 13.4%
2024 18.27 2324th 2777 16.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.24 939th 1364 31.2%
2019 23.14 1428th 1442 1.0%
2021 44.63 145th 363 60.1%
2022 22.26 1528th 1540 0.8%
2023 26.42 1431st 1529 6.4%
2024 30.63 1197th 1477 19.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 19.46 1465th 1538 4.7%
2024 27.75 1174th 1550 24.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.09 1863rd 2230 16.5%
2019 18.45 2078th 2369 12.3%
2021 17.83 661st 721 8.3%
2022 20.50 2080th 2458 15.4%
2023 18.69 2228th 2549 12.6%
2024 20.47 2162nd 2575 16.0%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 30.17 281st 394 28.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.13 1733rd 2262 23.4%
2019 17.56 2025th 2380 14.9%
2021 15.34 676th 738 8.4%
2022 20.15 2066th 2509 17.7%
2023 18.79 2132nd 2547 16.3%
2024 19.65 2103rd 2546 17.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.73 1059th 1369 22.6%
2019 25.42 1187th 1491 20.4%
2021 27.86 283rd 354 20.1%
2022 23.11 1335th 1531 12.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.49 2035th 2273 10.5%
2019 16.47 2113th 2407 12.2%
2021 16.69 688th 763 9.8%
2022 14.94 2292nd 2527 9.3%
2023 16.05 2279th 2558 10.9%
2024 17.19 2195th 2547 13.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.91 1707th 2072 17.6%
2019 17.62 1959th 2213 11.5%
2022 20.44 1990th 2359 15.6%
2023 19.20 2061st 2391 13.8%
2024 22.05 1937th 2383 18.7%
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Rank History for White students at Cherry Avenue Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.54 1294th 1496 13.5%
2019 22.12 1266th 1602 21.0%
2022 23.21 1217th 1555 21.7%
2023 26.12 1153rd 1552 25.7%
2024 13.92 1358th 1535 11.5%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Cherry Avenue Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 410 34 8 166 0 n/a n/a 0 618
1989 416 33 12 219 2 n/a n/a 0 682
1990 343 26 16 184 1 n/a n/a 0 570
1991 344 29 15 207 1 n/a n/a 0 596
1992 348 26 17 227 0 n/a n/a 0 618
1993 334 29 15 233 0 n/a n/a 0 611
1994 289 23 15 227 3 n/a n/a 0 557
1995 269 39 24 212 9 n/a n/a 0 553
1996 269 39 24 212 9 n/a n/a 0 553
1997 272 46 20 208 5 n/a n/a 0 551
1998 240 37 17 229 8 n/a n/a 0 531
1999 247 36 15 237 1 n/a n/a 0 536
2000 242 50 16 242 1 n/a n/a 0 551
2001 234 39 12 228 4 n/a n/a 0 517
2002 275 34 31 360 5 n/a n/a 0 705
2003 275 34 31 360 5 n/a n/a 0 705
2004 288 37 26 354 7 n/a n/a 0 712
2005 261 58 25 376 5 n/a n/a 5 730
2006 251 60 17 384 3 n/a n/a 9 724
2007 257 64 10 374 1 n/a n/a 13 719
2008 211 49 14 409 6 n/a n/a 0 689
2009 199 36 12 423 7 3 0 0 680
2010 213 32 9 435 2 2 0 0 693
2011 212 34 8 419 4 0 1 0 678
2012 192 36 8 453 6 0 0 0 695
2013 199 31 9 463 5 3 0 0 710
2014 159 26 5 459 8 2 0 0 659
2015 133 34 5 406 6 0 3 0 587
2016 110 32 3 368 1 0 3 0 517
2017 97 30 5 359 0 2 5 0 498
2018 79 21 5 421 0 2 3 0 531
2019 77 17 4 393 1 1 4 0 497
2020 76 19 2 389 0 0 4 0 490
2021 60 16 3 379 1 0 6 0 465
2022 45 13 4 379 0 0 6 0 447
2023 51 9 4 353 2 0 6 0 425
2024 45 17 3 380 2 1 7 1 456

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cherry Avenue Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 618 27.5 22.4 n/a
1989 682 27.5 24.8 n/a
1990 570 23.6 24.1 n/a
1991 596 25.8 23.1 n/a
1992 618 26.2 23.5 39
1993 611 26.6 23.0 44.4
1994 557 26.7 20.9 47.9
1995 553 25.7 21.5 54.1
1996 553 25.7 21.5 54.1
1997 551 26.0 21.2 52.6
1998 531 27.0 19.7 52.9
1999 536 27.0 19.9 59.3
2000 551 27.0 20.4 58.3
2001 517 28.0 18.5 60.3
2002 705 30.0 23.5 60.6
2003 705 30.0 23.5 60.6
2004 712 29.0 24.6 57.9
2005 730 29.0 25.2 58.9
2006 724 30.0 24.1 66.2
2007 719 30.0 24.0 63.7
2008 689 33.0 20.9 64.7
2009 680 29.0 20.6 66.6
2010 693 29.0 23.9 66.2
2011 678 n/a n/a 72.7
2012 695 28.5 24.3 63.7
2013 710 28.5 24.9 68
2014 659 28.5 23.1 75.4
2015 587 28.0 20.9 79.6
2016 517 25.0 20.6 86.3
2017 498 26.4 18.8 82.7
2018 531 26.5 19.9 83.2
2019 497 22.0 22.5 83.9
2020 490 n/a n/a 84.3
2021 465 26.8 17.2 86
2022 447 24.5 18.2 87.2
2023 425 23.3 18.1 90.4
2024 456 21.8 20.8 79.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cherry Avenue Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 618 27.5 22.4 n/a
1989 682 27.5 24.8 n/a
1990 570 23.6 24.1 n/a
1991 596 25.8 23.1 n/a
1992 618 26.2 23.5 39
1993 611 26.6 23.0 44.4
1994 557 26.7 20.9 47.9
1995 553 25.7 21.5 54.1
1996 553 25.7 21.5 54.1
1997 551 26.0 21.2 52.6
1998 531 27.0 19.7 52.9
1999 536 27.0 19.9 59.3
2000 551 27.0 20.4 58.3
2001 517 28.0 18.5 60.3
2002 705 30.0 23.5 60.6
2003 705 30.0 23.5 60.6
2004 712 29.0 24.6 57.9
2005 730 29.0 25.2 58.9
2006 724 30.0 24.1 66.2
2007 719 30.0 24.0 63.7
2008 689 33.0 20.9 64.7
2009 680 29.0 20.6 66.6
2010 693 29.0 23.9 66.2
2011 678 n/a n/a 72.7
2012 695 28.5 24.3 63.7
2013 710 28.5 24.9 68
2014 659 28.5 23.1 75.4
2015 587 28.0 20.9 79.6
2016 517 25.0 20.6 86.3
2017 498 26.4 18.8 82.7
2018 531 26.5 19.9 83.2
2019 497 22.0 22.5 83.9
2020 490 n/a n/a 84.3
2021 465 26.8 17.2 86
2022 447 24.5 18.2 87.2
2023 425 23.3 18.1 90.4
2024 456 21.8 20.8 79.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cherry Avenue Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,205

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cherry Avenue Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2295th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2427th of 2802 Middle schools
 2.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cherry Avenue Middle)16.514.6
 1.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tulare City)35.729
 6.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Cherry Avenue Middle)7.26.2
 1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tulare City)20.219
 1.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cherry Avenue Middle)27.529.3
 1.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tulare City)38.432.6
 5.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Cherry Avenue Middle)19.414.6
 4.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tulare City)17.517.4
 0.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cherry Avenue Middle)25.818.9
 6.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Tulare City)35.332.2
 3.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Cherry Avenue Middle)15.911.5
 4.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tulare City)16.614.1
 2.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Cherry Avenue Middle)18.412.1
 6.3%
   8th Grade Science (Tulare City)18.916.3
 2.6%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students497425
 14.5%
African American179
 47.1%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian44
Hispanic393353
 10.2%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White7751
 33.8%
Two or More Races46
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients83.9%90.4%
 6.4%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 456 students attended Cherry Avenue Middle.

Cherry Avenue Middle ranks in the bottom 16.3% of California middle schools.

Students at Cherry Avenue Middle are 83% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Cherry Avenue Middle usually go on to attend Mission Oak High


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