Is Monterey Park Elementary a good school?

Monterey Park Elementary ranks 3927 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Monterey Park Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 529 students attended Monterey Park Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Monterey Park Elementary?

Students at Monterey Park Elementary are 85% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Monterey Park Elementary attend?

Students who attend Monterey Park Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Washington Middle High : Salinas High

Monterey Park Elementary

Summary:

Monterey Park Elementary is a public elementary school in Salinas, California, serving 517 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Salinas City Elementary School District, which is ranked 1305 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Monterey Park Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools over the past several years, with a statewide rank ranging from 3927 to 5247 out of around 5,600-5,900 schools. The school has maintained a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger during this time. Key challenges include high chronic absenteeism rates, below-average academic performance in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the district and state, and lower subgroup performance for female, male, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students. Additionally, 70.21% of Monterey Park Elementary's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the surrounding Salinas City Elementary schools.

However, there are some bright spots for the school. Monterey Park Elementary's homeless students have performed relatively well, ranking in the top third of California elementary schools for this subgroup in the past three school years. Additionally, the nearby Spreckels Elementary, which is part of a different district, consistently outperforms Monterey Park Elementary and the Salinas City Elementary district as a whole. Addressing the root causes of the school's high chronic absenteeism should be a priority for the school and district to improve overall student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-6

410 San Miguel Ave.
Salinas, CA 93901-3854

(831) 753-5640

District: Salinas City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3927^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,215

Students who attend Monterey Park Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Washington Middle
High:	Salinas High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.0

Number of students: 529

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.7%

White:

8.9%

Two or more races:

4.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 70.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Monterey Park Elementary ranks worse than 67% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 3^rd among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Salinas City Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.93. (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 (84.7%), White (8.9%), two or more races (4.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 70.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Monterey Park Elementary is 23. 7 elementary schools in the Salinas City Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Monterey Park Elementary employs 23 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monterey Park Elementary is $7,215, which is the 2^nd highest among 14 elementary schools in the Salinas City Elementary School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Monterey Park Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Monterey Park Elementary 3927^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Monterey Park Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Salinas City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Salinas City Elementary 1305^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Monterey Park Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	29.91	3252^nd	4809	32.4%
2005	30.65	3240^th	4822	32.8%
2006	31.27	3223^rd	4818	33.1%
2007	34.95	3228^th	5113	36.9%
2008	40.10	2939^th	5113	42.5%
2009	20.20	4411^th	5193	15.1%
2010	21.73	4481^st	5314	15.7%
2011	16.32	4886^th	5377	9.1%
2012	11.86	5127^th	5390	4.9%
2013	11.86	5214^th	5530	5.7%
2015	14.29	5175^th	5611	7.8%
2016	12.69	5247^th	5614	6.5%
2017	23.65	4370^th	5692	23.2%
2018	22.35	4481^st	5662	20.9%
2019	25.10	4350^th	5789	24.9%
2022	24.74	4376^th	5883	25.6%
2023	23.85	4475^th	5874	23.8%
2024	29.93	3927^th	5862	33.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.04	1662^nd	3246	48.8%
2019	48.29	1332^nd	3275	59.3%
2022	20.45	3184^th	3311	3.8%
2023	24.50	2912^th	3250	10.4%
2024	35.49	2139^th	3160	32.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	31.16	1588^th	2420	34.4%
2024	22.47	2270^th	2634	13.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.91	4125^th	5084	18.9%
2019	26.25	4145^th	5173	19.9%
2022	30.58	3787^th	5264	28.1%
2023	28.65	4013^th	5374	25.3%
2024	35.12	3513^th	5511	36.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	50.31	145^th	356	59.3%
2023	47.99	147^th	336	56.3%
2024	57.50	121^st	364	66.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.29	4144^th	5413	23.4%
2019	33.41	3548^th	5492	35.4%
2022	32.09	3567^th	5635	36.7%
2023	31.22	3659^th	5617	34.9%
2024	36.93	3273^rd	5605	41.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.90	1649^th	2128	22.5%
2019	28.60	1870^th	2585	27.7%
2022	24.33	1779^th	2227	20.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.54	4514^th	5431	16.9%
2019	19.91	4671^st	5510	15.2%
2022	21.94	4516^th	5663	20.3%
2023	19.56	4758^th	5650	15.8%
2024	24.06	4353^rd	5636	22.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.88	3770^th	4830	21.9%
2019	31.98	3555^th	4963	28.4%
2022	29.70	3727^th	5084	26.7%
2023	31.01	3626^th	5098	28.9%
2024	37.03	3182^nd	5102	37.6%

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Rank History for White students at Monterey Park Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	27.16	2036^th	2647	23.1%

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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 Monterey Park Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	212	8	39	198	0	n/a	n/a	0	457
1989	208	14	28	197	2	n/a	n/a	0	449
1990	200	10	35	214	1	n/a	n/a	0	460
1991	208	8	29	192	3	n/a	n/a	0	440
1992	210	8	29	193	0	n/a	n/a	0	440
1993	173	19	36	217	2	n/a	n/a	0	447
1994	175	9	41	241	2	n/a	n/a	0	468
1995	145	9	38	274	1	n/a	n/a	0	467
1996	145	9	38	274	1	n/a	n/a	0	467
1997	148	12	26	275	8	n/a	n/a	0	469
1998	150	4	28	307	4	n/a	n/a	0	493
1999	155	10	14	281	0	n/a	n/a	32	492
2000	147	11	22	281	3	n/a	n/a	12	476
2001	127	6	15	331	0	n/a	n/a	14	493
2002	121	15	13	359	0	n/a	n/a	9	517
2003	121	15	13	359	0	n/a	n/a	9	517
2004	115	21	18	367	0	n/a	n/a	9	530
2005	111	22	24	329	0	n/a	n/a	24	510
2006	129	23	29	403	1	n/a	n/a	1	586
2007	132	13	20	396	1	n/a	n/a	4	566
2008	106	11	21	395	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	533
2009	94	9	17	400	3	2	17	0	542
2010	64	8	16	412	3	4	0	0	507
2011	65	6	12	430	1	0	1	0	515
2012	56	6	9	436	1	0	7	0	515
2013	55	6	8	481	1	0	10	0	561
2014	51	5	8	493	3	0	11	0	571
2015	43	3	11	479	1	0	8	0	545
2016	40	3	9	461	1	0	11	0	525
2017	47	3	7	466	0	0	12	0	535
2018	51	1	8	474	2	0	20	0	556
2019	41	3	8	488	2	0	19	0	561
2020	43	3	8	479	4	0	15	0	552
2021	46	3	10	494	4	1	18	0	576
2022	42	3	8	450	4	1	19	0	527
2023	42	4	6	441	3	1	20	0	517
2024	47	3	5	448	2	0	24	0	529

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 Monterey Park Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	457	19.6	23.3	n/a
1989	449	20.0	22.4	n/a
1990	460	20.0	23.0	n/a
1991	440	19.0	23.1	n/a
1992	440	19.3	22.7	42.5
1993	447	18.0	24.8	40.7
1994	468	18.0	26.0	49.8
1995	467	18.0	25.9	57
1996	467	18.0	25.9	57
1997	469	20.0	23.5	54.6
1998	493	23.0	21.4	64.3
1999	492	23.0	21.4	61.3
2000	476	24.0	19.8	62.9
2001	493	25.0	19.7	66.6
2002	517	27.0	19.1	74.4
2003	517	27.0	19.1	74.4
2004	530	27.0	19.6	61.8
2005	510	25.5	20.0	64.4
2006	586	24.0	24.4	65.6
2007	566	24.0	23.6	69
2008	533	26.0	20.5	68.9
2009	542	25.0	20.1	66.4
2010	507	22.0	23.0	68.4
2011	515	n/a	n/a	74.2
2012	515	21.0	24.5	n/a
2013	561	22.0	25.5	74
2014	571	22.0	25.9	71.1
2015	545	21.0	25.9	80.4
2016	525	21.0	25.0	80.6
2017	535	23.0	23.2	80
2018	556	24.0	23.1	82
2019	561	26.0	21.5	80.2
2020	552	n/a	n/a	78.3
2021	576	24.0	24.0	71.5
2022	527	23.0	22.9	65.7
2023	517	23.0	22.4	70.2
2024	529	23.0	23.0	70.3

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 Monterey Park Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	457	19.6	23.3	n/a
1989	449	20.0	22.4	n/a
1990	460	20.0	23.0	n/a
1991	440	19.0	23.1	n/a
1992	440	19.3	22.7	42.5
1993	447	18.0	24.8	40.7
1994	468	18.0	26.0	49.8
1995	467	18.0	25.9	57
1996	467	18.0	25.9	57
1997	469	20.0	23.5	54.6
1998	493	23.0	21.4	64.3
1999	492	23.0	21.4	61.3
2000	476	24.0	19.8	62.9
2001	493	25.0	19.7	66.6
2002	517	27.0	19.1	74.4
2003	517	27.0	19.1	74.4
2004	530	27.0	19.6	61.8
2005	510	25.5	20.0	64.4
2006	586	24.0	24.4	65.6
2007	566	24.0	23.6	69
2008	533	26.0	20.5	68.9
2009	542	25.0	20.1	66.4
2010	507	22.0	23.0	68.4
2011	515	n/a	n/a	74.2
2012	515	21.0	24.5	n/a
2013	561	22.0	25.5	74
2014	571	22.0	25.9	71.1
2015	545	21.0	25.9	80.4
2016	525	21.0	25.0	80.6
2017	535	23.0	23.2	80
2018	556	24.0	23.1	82
2019	561	26.0	21.5	80.2
2020	552	n/a	n/a	78.3
2021	576	24.0	24.0	71.5
2022	527	23.0	22.9	65.7
2023	517	23.0	22.4	70.2
2024	529	23.0	23.0	70.3

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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