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Palo Verde Elementary, Tulare, CA

CEP schoolPalo Verde Elementary is a public elementary school in Tulare, part of Palo Verde Union Elementary. It enrolled 511 students in 2024-25, with 22.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
511
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Students per teacher
22.2
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 22.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.2
District22.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
9637 Avenue 196, Tulare, CA 93274
Phone
(559)688-0648
District
Palo Verde Union Elementary
County
Tulare County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
062967004605
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
406
Reduced-price lunch
42
Free or reduced-price lunch
44887.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
297Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Tulare

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.