Porterville Unified School District

School district in California

Porterville Unified School District
Address
600 West Grand Avenue Porterville , California, 93257 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K–12^[1]
Established	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Superintendent	Dr. Nate NelsonEd.D
Budget	$69.7M^[2]
NCES District ID	0600064 ^[1]
Students and staff
Students	14,372 (2020–2021)^[1]
Teachers	599.49 (FTE)^[1]
Staff	639.64 (FTE)^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	23.97:1^[1]
Other information
Website	www.portervilleschools.org

Porterville Unified School District (PUSD) is a school district located in Porterville, Tulare County, California, and is composed of ten elementary schools, four middle schools, six comprehensive high schools, a continuation school, large adult school, and two alternative program sites. The high schools are accredited and provide academic programs that prepare students for university entrance. Other programs include music, art, agriculture, athletics, and vocational preparation.^[3]

History

In 1896 Porterville High School was set up in the east room of the second story of the Morton Street Elementary School. The school was financially supported with tuition from students coming from outside the Porterville School area. Porterville High School was renamed to Porterville Union High School in 1910. In 1924 Porterville Elementary District was consolidated, adding Worth Elementary School. Vandalia Elementary School joined the Porterville Elementary District in 1925. Miles Elementary School was added to the Porterville Elementary District in 1932. On June 15, 1928, a two-classroom addition was added to the Porterville Union High School for use as a junior college. The addition of a junior College did not change the extent of the district but admitted junior college students from Strathmore, Lindsay, Exeter, and Tulare high schools. This was paid for by the county, and the overhead costs for the students were chargeable to the districts.^[4]

In 1998 Porterville Unified School District was created by unifying the Porterville Elementary District (est.1862) and Porterville Union High School (est.1869). Strathmore High School District was merged into the Porterville Unified School District in 2004.^[5]

Schools

Elementary schools

Belleview Elementary School*
John J. Doyle Elementary School
Los Robles Elementary School
Monte Vista Elementary School
Olive Street Elementary School
Roche Avenue Elementary School
Santa Fe Elementary School
Vandalia Elementary School
Westfield Elementary School
West Putnam Elementary School

Middle schools

Barlett Middle School
Pioneer Middle School
Porterville Military Academy
Sequoia Middle School

High schools

Granite Hills High School
Harmony Magnet Academy
Monache High School
Porterville High School
Porterville Military Academy
Strathmore High School

Continuation schools

Citrus High School

Alternative program sites

Vine Community Day School
Butterfield Charter School

Large adult schools

Porterville Adult School

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Porterville Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
^ "PUSD adopts 2011-2012 budget | budget, district, school". Recorderonline.com. 2011-06-24. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
^ "Home". portervilleschools.org.
^ "History of Porterville High School". phs.portervilleschools.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26.
^ Stackhouse, Anita (2003-06-05). "Era may be over at Strathmore, school, strathmore, high - Local News". Recorderonline.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2011-07-25.