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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Monterey County, California

18 public middle schools in Monterey County, California appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public middle schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Pacific Grove Middle leads the list at 63.8%, against a median of 15.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Monterey County, California

Top Diversity index

63.8%

Median Diversity index

15.5%

MOST DIVERSE · MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Pacific Grove Middle	Pacific Grove, CA	439	63.8%	54.7%(240)	2.0%(9)	19.6%(86)	13.2%(58)
2	San Benancio Middle	Salinas, CA	261	62.1%	52.9%(138)	0.0%(0)	28.7%(75)	10.0%(26)
3	Buena Vista Middle	Salinas, CA	321	59.3%	37.7%(121)	0.0%(0)	50.8%(163)	5.0%(16)
4	Los Arboles Middle	Marina, CA	408	55.9%	11.8%(48)	5.6%(23)	63.2%(258)	14.7%(60)
5	Carmel Middle	Carmel, CA	468	54.8%	62.6%(293)	0.0%(0)	20.3%(95)	4.3%(20)
6	Seaside Middle	Seaside, CA	521	38.2%	8.1%(42)	5.0%(26)	77.7%(405)	3.8%(20)
7	Washington Middle	Salinas, CA	1,082	18.1%	5.7%(62)	0.8%(9)	90.3%(977)	1.8%(19)
8	John Gutierrez Middle	Salinas, CA	568	18.0%	5.6%(32)	0.9%(5)	90.3%(513)	1.6%(9)
9	Gavilan View Middle	Salinas, CA	556	16.3%	3.4%(19)	0.4%(2)	91.4%(508)	2.9%(16)
10	Harden Middle	Salinas, CA	1,101	14.6%	2.6%(29)	0.9%(10)	92.3%(1,016)	3.1%(34)
11	North Monterey County Middle	Castroville, CA	624	11.6%	4.8%(30)	0.3%(2)	93.9%(586)	0.5%(3)
12	Chalone Peaks Middle	King City, CA	854	8.4%	2.2%(19)	0.1%(1)	95.7%(817)	1.8%(15)
13	Main Street Middle	Soledad, CA	754	7.2%	1.1%(8)	0.4%(3)	96.3%(726)	1.7%(13)
14	Fairview Middle	Gonzales, CA	426	4.1%	0.9%(4)	0.0%(0)	97.9%(417)	0.7%(3)
15	Vista Verde Middle	Greenfield, CA	727	3.3%	0.8%(6)	0.1%(1)	98.3%(715)	0.3%(2)
16	El Sausal Middle	Salinas, CA	1,067	2.8%	0.9%(10)	0.0%(0)	98.6%(1,052)	0.4%(4)
17	Pajaro Middle	Watsonville, CA	398	2.5%	0.8%(3)	0.0%(0)	98.5%(392)	0.3%(1)
18	La Paz Middle	Salinas, CA	1,099	1.3%	0.2%(2)	0.2%(2)	99.4%(1,092)	0.2%(2)

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