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The most racially diverse public schools in Salinas, California

49 public schools in Salinas, California appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. San Benancio Middle leads the list at 62.1%, against a median of 14.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Salinas, California

Top Diversity index

62.1%

Median Diversity index

14.6%

MOST DIVERSE · SALINAS, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	San Benancio Middle	Salinas, CA	261	62.1%	52.9%(138)	0.0%(0)	28.7%(75)	10.0%(26)
2	Toro Park Elementary	Salinas, CA	341	61.7%	53.1%(181)	1.2%(4)	29.0%(99)	4.4%(15)
3	Buena Vista Middle	Salinas, CA	321	59.3%	37.7%(121)	0.0%(0)	50.8%(163)	5.0%(16)
4	Salinas High	Salinas, CA	2,380	39.1%	16.9%(401)	0.8%(20)	76.0%(1,810)	3.0%(71)
5	Mission Park Elementary	Salinas, CA	657	36.5%	12.8%(84)	0.3%(2)	78.4%(515)	1.4%(9)
6	New Republic Elementary	Salinas, CA	482	30.1%	5.4%(26)	0.6%(3)	83.0%(400)	7.9%(38)
7	Laurel Wood Elementary	Salinas, CA	417	29.9%	6.2%(26)	0.2%(1)	83.2%(347)	5.5%(23)
8	Monterey Park Elementary	Salinas, CA	541	28.3%	8.3%(45)	0.7%(4)	84.1%(455)	0.9%(5)
9	University Park Elementary	Salinas, CA	488	25.5%	4.3%(21)	2.7%(13)	86.1%(420)	2.3%(11)
10	Boronda Elementary	Salinas, CA	288	21.8%	4.9%(14)	1.0%(3)	88.2%(254)	1.4%(4)
11	Monterey County Special Education	Salinas, CA	274	21.0%	4.4%(12)	1.5%(4)	88.7%(243)	1.8%(5)
12	John E. Steinbeck Elementary	Salinas, CA	486	18.5%	2.5%(12)	0.4%(2)	90.1%(438)	3.7%(18)
13	Prunedale Elementary	Salinas, CA	644	18.3%	7.9%(51)	0.3%(2)	89.9%(579)	0.3%(2)
14	Washington Middle	Salinas, CA	1,082	18.1%	5.7%(62)	0.8%(9)	90.3%(977)	1.8%(19)
15	John Gutierrez Middle	Salinas, CA	568	18.0%	5.6%(32)	0.9%(5)	90.3%(513)	1.6%(9)
16	Rancho San Juan High	Salinas, CA	1,600	17.7%	4.6%(73)	0.6%(9)	90.6%(1,449)	2.6%(41)
17	Creekside Elementary	Salinas, CA	534	17.6%	2.8%(15)	0.4%(2)	90.6%(484)	3.9%(21)
18	El Gabilan Elementary	Salinas, CA	548	17.5%	3.6%(20)	0.4%(2)	90.7%(497)	1.5%(8)
19	Lincoln Elementary	Salinas, CA	646	17.4%	5.3%(34)	0.1%(1)	90.6%(585)	0.6%(4)
20	Gavilan View Middle	Salinas, CA	556	16.3%	3.4%(19)	0.4%(2)	91.4%(508)	2.9%(16)
21	North Salinas High	Salinas, CA	2,106	15.2%	2.5%(52)	0.6%(13)	91.8%(1,933)	3.4%(71)
22	La Joya Elementary	Salinas, CA	498	14.7%	5.6%(28)	0.8%(4)	92.2%(459)	0.4%(2)
23	Harden Middle	Salinas, CA	1,101	14.6%	2.6%(29)	0.9%(10)	92.3%(1,016)	3.1%(34)
24	Henry F. Kammann Elementary	Salinas, CA	743	14.6%	2.8%(21)	0.5%(4)	92.3%(686)	1.8%(13)
25	Natividad Elementary	Salinas, CA	705	14.6%	1.3%(9)	0.3%(2)	92.3%(651)	3.0%(21)
26	McKinnon	Salinas, CA	439	13.9%	2.7%(12)	0.0%(0)	92.7%(407)	3.2%(14)
27	Boronda Meadows	Salinas, CA	620	13.6%	2.9%(18)	0.8%(5)	92.9%(576)	0.5%(3)
28	El Puente	Salinas, CA	326	12.8%	4.0%(13)	0.3%(1)	93.3%(304)	0.6%(2)
29	Everett Alvarez High	Salinas, CA	1,978	11.4%	1.1%(21)	0.5%(9)	94.0%(1,860)	3.1%(62)
30	Echo Valley Elementary	Salinas, CA	502	11.1%	3.4%(17)	0.0%(0)	94.2%(473)	1.8%(9)
31	Roosevelt Elementary	Salinas, CA	560	10.3%	2.0%(11)	0.5%(3)	94.6%(530)	0.9%(5)
32	Loma Vista Elementary	Salinas, CA	445	7.9%	1.6%(7)	0.0%(0)	96.0%(427)	0.7%(3)
33	Monte Bella Elementary	Salinas, CA	812	6.5%	0.6%(5)	0.0%(0)	96.7%(785)	1.7%(14)
34	Los Padres Elementary	Salinas, CA	620	5.1%	0.2%(1)	0.2%(1)	97.4%(604)	0.0%(0)
35	Frank Paul Elementary	Salinas, CA	638	4.9%	0.8%(5)	0.2%(1)	97.5%(622)	0.8%(5)
36	Mount Toro High	Salinas, CA	204	4.8%	1.5%(3)	0.0%(0)	97.5%(199)	0.5%(1)
37	Sherwood Elementary	Salinas, CA	859	4.3%	0.8%(7)	0.0%(0)	97.8%(840)	0.0%(0)
38	Alisal High	Salinas, CA	2,742	4.0%	0.3%(9)	0.1%(4)	97.9%(2,685)	1.1%(31)
39	Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary	Salinas, CA	573	3.8%	0.3%(2)	0.0%(0)	98.1%(562)	1.4%(8)
40	Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary	Salinas, CA	526	3.4%	0.6%(3)	0.0%(0)	98.3%(517)	0.8%(4)
41	Bardin Elementary	Salinas, CA	559	3.2%	0.9%(5)	0.0%(0)	98.4%(550)	0.5%(3)
42	El Sausal Middle	Salinas, CA	1,067	2.8%	0.9%(10)	0.0%(0)	98.6%(1,052)	0.4%(4)
43	Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Salinas, CA	628	2.2%	1.0%(6)	0.0%(0)	98.9%(621)	0.2%(1)
44	Santa Rita Elementary	Salinas, CA	545	1.8%	0.7%(4)	0.0%(0)	99.1%(540)	0.0%(0)
45	Alisal Community	Salinas, CA	591	1.4%	0.3%(2)	0.0%(0)	99.3%(587)	0.2%(1)
46	La Paz Middle	Salinas, CA	1,099	1.3%	0.2%(2)	0.2%(2)	99.4%(1,092)	0.2%(2)
47	Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary	Salinas, CA	646	0.9%	0.1%(1)	0.0%(0)	99.5%(643)	0.0%(0)
48	Fremont Elementary	Salinas, CA	711	0.8%	0.0%(0)	0.0%(0)	99.6%(708)	0.3%(2)
49	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy	Salinas, CA	577	0.7%	0.2%(1)	0.0%(0)	99.7%(575)	0.2%(1)

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