Regular local school district · Tulare County
Visalia Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Visalia Unified runs 41 public schools with 28,809 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 21.5 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 41
- Students
- 28,809
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,340
- Students per teacher
- 21.5
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5000 West Cypress Ave., Visalia, CA 93277
- Phone
- (559)730-7300
- County
- Tulare County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0641160
- State district ID
- CA-5472256
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3,123
- School counselors (FTE)
- 62.0About 465 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 94.0
- Charter schools
- 4
Students per teacher compared
This district21.5
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (28,884), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $481.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $49.1 million
- State revenue
- $338.5 million
- Local revenue
- $93.5 million
- Total spending
- $407.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,095
- Salaries
- $209.2 million51.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $121.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 70.3%
- Local: 19.4%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,095
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Visalia Unified
By level: 8 high, 5 middle, 28 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Annie R. MitchellCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 789 | 24.7 |
| Charter Home School AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 240 | 16.0 |
| Conyer ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 377 | 23.6 |
| Cottonwood Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 627 | 24.1 |
| Creekside Community DayCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 34 | 11.3 |
| Crestwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 594 | 22.0 |
| Crowley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 413 | 21.7 |
| Denton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 648 | 21.6 |
| Divisadero MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 769 | 22.0 |
| El Diamante HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,890 | 21.2 |
| Elbow Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 514 | 22.3 |
| Four Creeks ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 654 | 21.8 |
| Global Learning CharterCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 438 | 20.9 |
| Golden Oak ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 631 | 21.8 |
| Golden West HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,059 | 21.7 |
| Goshen ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 549 | 22.9 |
| Green Acres MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 761 | 23.8 |
| Highland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 438 | 18.2 |
| Houston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 523 | 22.7 |
| Hurley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 574 | 23.9 |
| Ivanhoe ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 473 | 22.5 |
| La Joya MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 727 | 23.5 |
| Linwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 537 | 25.6 |
| Manuel F. HernandezCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 707 | 24.4 |
| Mineral King ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 569 | 23.7 |
| Mountain View ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 618 | 22.1 |
| Mt. Whitney HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,637 | 22.1 |
| Oak Grove ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 756 | 26.1 |
| Pinkham ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 476 | 21.6 |
| Redwood HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,490 | 24.2 |
| Ridgeview MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 975 | 24.4 |
| Riverway ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 857 | 24.5 |
| Royal Oaks ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 413 | 19.7 |
| Sequoia HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 280 | 14.7 |
| Shannon Ranch ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 609 | 23.4 |
| Valley Oak MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 952 | 21.6 |
| Veva Blunt ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 596 | 19.9 |
| Visalia Charter Independent StudyCEP schoolCharter | High | 7 to 12 | 515 | 11.0 |
| Visalia Technical Early CollegeCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 216 | 15.4 |
| Washington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 294 | 21.0 |
| Willow Glen ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 506 | 20.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Tulare County
- Porterville Unified 13,893 students
- Tulare City School District 9,294 students
- Dinuba Unified 6,244 students
- Tulare Joint Union High 5,598 students
- Ramona City Unified 4,949 students
- Burton Elementary School District 4,805 students
- Lindsay Unified 3,928 students
- Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified 3,815 students
- Exeter Unified 2,597 students
- Farmersville Unified 2,346 students
- Woodlake Unified 2,081 students
- Tulare County Office of Education 1,656 students
- Earlimart Elementary School District 1,383 students
- Liberty Elementary School District 861 students
- Crescent Valley Public Charter II District 852 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.