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Porterville Military Academy is a public charter high school serving grades 7-12 in Porterville, California, with 288 students. This school is part of the Porterville Unified School District, which is ranked 974 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Porterville Military Academy has been ranked between 720 and 1,209 out of California high schools over the past 4 school years, with a 2-3 star rating from SchoolDigger.
Porterville Military Academy has had very high 4-year graduation rates, reaching 100% in 2022-2023 and 95.7% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school's dropout rate has also been low, at 0% in 2022-2023 and 4.3% in 2021-2022, compared to higher district and state averages. However, the school has seen fluctuations in chronic absenteeism, ranging from 6.7% in 2020-2021 to 22.3% in 2021-2022, with the 2022-2023 rate of 12% still higher than the ideal. In general, Porterville Military Academy's test scores in English Language Arts, Math, and Science are higher than the Porterville Unified district averages, but lower than the state averages, with the school performing particularly well in 11th grade ELA.
Compared to nearby schools, Porterville Military Academy generally outperforms Granite Hills High and Strathmore High in terms of graduation rates, dropout rates, and test scores. However, the high-performing Harmony Magnet Academy, also in the Porterville Unified district, significantly outperforms Porterville Military Academy across most metrics. Porterville Military Academy also has a very high percentage of students (over 85%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage, and a student-teacher ratio of around 20:1, which is lower than the ratios of 21.7-25.8 at the larger nearby high schools.
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