Is Frank Kohn Elementary a good school?

Frank Kohn Elementary ranks in the bottom 18.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Frank Kohn Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 610 students attended Frank Kohn Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Frank Kohn Elementary?

Students at Frank Kohn Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 12% White, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Frank Kohn Elementary attend?

Students who attend Frank Kohn Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Live Oak Middle High : Tulare Union High

Frank Kohn Elementary

Summary:

Frank Kohn Elementary is a public elementary school in Tulare, California, serving 648 students from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school is part of the Tulare City School District, which is ranked 1258 out of 1568 school districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Frank Kohn Elementary faces several challenges, including a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 4.3% in 2018-2019 to 34.9% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school consistently underperforms compared to the Tulare City School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with proficiency rates of 26.3% in ELA and 20.45% in Math in 2023-2024. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with English Language Learners performing relatively well but other subgroups, such as White students and Special Education students, performing in the bottom 10-20% of the state. Additionally, Frank Kohn Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 82.91% to 85.96% over the past few years.

When comparing Frank Kohn Elementary to other nearby schools in the Tulare City School District, some interesting patterns emerge. Mission Valley Elementary and Alpine Vista consistently outperform Frank Kohn Elementary in academic assessments, and schools with lower percentages of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, such as Alpine Vista and Garden Elementary, tend to have better academic outcomes. The data suggests that addressing the challenges at Frank Kohn Elementary, particularly in chronic absenteeism and academic performance, will be crucial for the school to improve and provide a better educational experience for its students.

Detail:

Public K-6

500 South Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274-5929

(559) 685-7340

District: Tulare City

SchoolDigger Rank:
4792^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,147

Students who attend Frank Kohn Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Live Oak Middle
High:	Tulare Union High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.5

Number of students: 610

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.1%

White:

12.0%

African American:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Frank Kohn Elementary ranks worse than 81.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 8^th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Tulare City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.6. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (83.1%), White (12%), African American (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Frank Kohn Elementary is 22.5, which is the 3^rd best among 11 elementary schools in the Tulare City School District. (See more...)

Compare Frank Kohn Elementary employs 27 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Frank Kohn Elementary is $11,147, which is the 5^th highest among 11 elementary schools in the Tulare City School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Frank Kohn Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Frank Kohn Elementary 4792^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Frank Kohn Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Tulare City:

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

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Rank History for Frank Kohn Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	39.00	2690^th	4809	44.1%
2005	53.23	2036^th	4822	57.8%
2006	36.58	2902^nd	4818	39.8%
2007	40.95	2852^nd	5113	44.2%
2008	37.68	3089^th	5113	39.6%
2009	29.08	3778^th	5193	27.2%
2010	39.51	3202^nd	5314	39.7%
2011	40.97	3169^th	5377	41.1%
2012	55.88	2276^th	5390	57.8%
2013	45.89	2935^th	5530	46.9%
2015	24.27	4202^nd	5611	25.1%
2016	27.27	3992^nd	5614	28.9%
2017	26.10	4154^th	5692	27.0%
2018	17.19	4916^th	5662	13.2%
2019	14.57	5269^th	5789	9.0%
2021	17.43	1224^th	1417	13.6%
2022	21.85	4663^rd	5883	20.7%
2023	18.09	5036^th	5874	14.3%
2024	20.60	4792^nd	5862	18.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.42	2568^th	3246	20.9%
2019	26.56	2737^th	3275	16.4%
2021	42.76	269^th	602	55.3%
2022	34.43	2253^rd	3311	32.0%
2023	44.74	1500^th	3250	53.8%
2024	45.07	1475^th	3160	53.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	17.92	2273^rd	2420	6.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.19	4393^rd	5084	13.6%
2019	18.10	4686^th	5173	9.4%
2021	25.01	913^th	1110	17.7%
2022	27.86	4008^th	5264	23.9%
2023	21.96	4544^th	5374	15.4%
2024	24.46	4413^th	5511	19.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.13	4301^st	5413	20.5%
2019	18.12	4787^th	5492	12.8%
2021	22.48	985^th	1267	22.3%
2022	26.39	4088^th	5635	27.5%
2023	17.87	4903^rd	5617	12.7%
2024	21.37	4568^th	5605	18.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.41	5011^th	5431	7.7%
2019	13.06	5180^th	5510	6.0%
2021	15.49	1147^th	1272	9.8%
2022	18.67	4853^rd	5663	14.3%
2023	19.61	4753^rd	5650	15.9%
2024	21.77	4549^th	5636	19.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.05	4181^st	4830	13.4%
2019	17.95	4509^th	4963	9.1%
2022	27.16	3940^th	5084	22.5%
2023	23.95	4192^nd	5098	17.8%
2024	30.94	3669^th	5102	28.1%

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Rank History for White students at Frank Kohn Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.89	2563^rd	2737	6.4%
2019	6.64	2719^th	2834	4.1%
2022	13.25	2437^th	2726	10.6%
2023	12.67	2413^th	2662	9.4%

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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.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Frank Kohn Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	416	29	15	191	2	n/a	n/a	0	653
1989	432	27	10	201	1	n/a	n/a	0	671
1990	399	20	6	201	7	n/a	n/a	0	633
1991	380	31	12	214	10	n/a	n/a	0	647
1992	415	32	11	238	15	n/a	n/a	0	711
1993	419	31	7	226	8	n/a	n/a	0	691
1994	392	28	11	213	6	n/a	n/a	0	650
1995	358	27	16	238	5	n/a	n/a	0	644
1996	358	27	16	238	5	n/a	n/a	0	644
1997	379	23	14	256	10	n/a	n/a	0	682
1998	353	32	16	247	7	n/a	n/a	0	655
1999	357	33	21	267	0	n/a	n/a	0	678
2000	327	29	16	297	0	n/a	n/a	0	669
2001	313	42	12	311	0	n/a	n/a	1	679
2002	299	39	12	325	4	n/a	n/a	1	680
2003	299	39	12	325	4	n/a	n/a	1	680
2004	286	44	4	327	4	n/a	n/a	9	674
2005	296	34	6	336	6	n/a	n/a	11	689
2006	291	30	8	356	2	n/a	n/a	12	699
2007	271	34	7	367	3	n/a	n/a	15	697
2008	227	25	11	399	4	n/a	n/a	0	666
2009	232	21	17	397	3	1	0	0	671
2010	242	24	16	441	4	1	0	0	728
2011	237	26	17	470	3	1	1	0	755
2012	237	20	19	481	4	1	2	0	764
2013	225	25	17	491	4	0	2	0	764
2014	167	22	4	438	3	0	1	0	635
2015	153	19	6	430	1	0	1	0	610
2016	146	21	7	460	1	0	3	0	638
2017	137	15	10	467	2	1	7	0	639
2018	121	13	8	464	2	1	8	0	617
2019	112	9	3	505	4	1	8	0	642
2020	105	8	4	500	3	2	13	0	635
2021	94	9	4	471	2	1	10	0	591
2022	94	11	4	498	1	0	14	0	622
2023	86	15	5	526	1	0	15	0	648
2024	73	14	2	507	1	0	13	0	610

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 Frank Kohn Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	653	26.9	24.2	n/a
1989	671	25.0	26.8	n/a
1990	633	25.0	25.3	n/a
1991	647	24.0	26.9	n/a
1992	711	24.4	29.1	36.4
1993	691	27.5	25.1	40.8
1994	650	29.2	22.3	49.2
1995	644	28.0	23.0	56.7
1996	644	28.0	23.0	56.7
1997	682	31.0	22.0	53.1
1998	655	30.5	21.5	56.2
1999	678	32.0	21.2	66.8
2000	669	35.0	19.1	68.3
2001	679	34.0	20.0	61.4
2002	680	34.0	20.0	59.8
2003	680	34.0	20.0	59.8
2004	674	34.0	19.8	63.5
2005	689	34.0	20.3	76.4
2006	699	36.2	19.3	63.5
2007	697	36.0	19.4	63.3
2008	666	37.0	18.0	60.1
2009	671	34.0	18.6	60.4
2010	728	34.0	21.4	62.5
2011	755	n/a	n/a	66
2012	764	34.0	22.4	62
2013	764	34.0	22.4	64.1
2014	635	26.0	24.4	76.7
2015	610	25.0	24.4	77.9
2016	638	25.0	25.5	82.3
2017	639	26.0	24.5	78.7
2018	617	26.0	23.7	81.4
2019	642	28.0	22.9	83.3
2020	635	n/a	n/a	81.6
2021	591	26.8	22.0	82.9
2022	622	26.7	23.2	85.5
2023	648	31.2	20.7	86
2024	610	27.0	22.5	81.5

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 Frank Kohn Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	653	26.9	24.2	n/a
1989	671	25.0	26.8	n/a
1990	633	25.0	25.3	n/a
1991	647	24.0	26.9	n/a
1992	711	24.4	29.1	36.4
1993	691	27.5	25.1	40.8
1994	650	29.2	22.3	49.2
1995	644	28.0	23.0	56.7
1996	644	28.0	23.0	56.7
1997	682	31.0	22.0	53.1
1998	655	30.5	21.5	56.2
1999	678	32.0	21.2	66.8
2000	669	35.0	19.1	68.3
2001	679	34.0	20.0	61.4
2002	680	34.0	20.0	59.8
2003	680	34.0	20.0	59.8
2004	674	34.0	19.8	63.5
2005	689	34.0	20.3	76.4
2006	699	36.2	19.3	63.5
2007	697	36.0	19.4	63.3
2008	666	37.0	18.0	60.1
2009	671	34.0	18.6	60.4
2010	728	34.0	21.4	62.5
2011	755	n/a	n/a	66
2012	764	34.0	22.4	62
2013	764	34.0	22.4	64.1
2014	635	26.0	24.4	76.7
2015	610	25.0	24.4	77.9
2016	638	25.0	25.5	82.3
2017	639	26.0	24.5	78.7
2018	617	26.0	23.7	81.4
2019	642	28.0	22.9	83.3
2020	635	n/a	n/a	81.6
2021	591	26.8	22.0	82.9
2022	622	26.7	23.2	85.5
2023	648	31.2	20.7	86
2024	610	27.0	22.5	81.5

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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