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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062949004534
Amesti Elementary
25 Amesti Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076 · (831) 728-6250 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
412 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
11.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.8pp since 2014
Math
7.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.1% | 8.0% | 14.7% | 74.1% |
| Math | 1.8% | 5.4% | 25.1% | 67.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.2% | 7.2% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 11.2% |
| 2022-23 | 7.9% | 8.3% |
| 2021-22 | 4.5% | 7.5% |
| 2018-19 | 12.0% | 17.5% |
| 2017-18 | 11.5% | 15.4% |
| 2016-17 | 13.9% | 12.3% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 9.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amesti Elementary
Amesti Elementary's state test result (10.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amesti Elementary this school | 431 | 95.6% | 10.3% |
| San Gabriel Avenue Elementary South Gate | 432 | 95.6% | 27.9% |
| Tamarack Elementary Avenal | 433 | 95.2% | 10.4% |
| Maywood Elementary Maywood | 426 | 95.8% | 50.3% |
| Wilson Elementary Sanger | 448 | 94.2% | 18.8% |
| Cesar E Chavez Elementary Parlier | 439 | 95.4% | 15.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amesti Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #5,096 of 5,151 | #34 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #5,128 of 5,172 ▼ 158 | #34 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #5,127 of 5,172 ▼ 12 | #33 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,219 of 5,116 | #13 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,272 of 5,915 | #15 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #350 of 5,352 | #2 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #4,942 of 5,354 | #27 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #371 of 5,625 | #3 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #692 of 3,837 | #7 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
-78 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 21.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 23.5 | 18.3:1 | 96% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 93% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 23.8 | 19.1:1 | 93% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 24 | 21.2:1 | 87% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 599 | 25 | 24.0:1 | 86% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 25 | 24.7:1 | 94% (580) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | N/A | N/A | 94% (563) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 69% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 22 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amesti Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (599 to 431); teachers down 6% (25 to 23.5).
About Amesti Elementary
Located in Watsonville, California, Amesti Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 431 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Pajaro Valley Unified runs Amesti Elementary along with 32 other schools, enrolling 16,482 students in total.
Hispanic students make up 95% of enrollment at Amesti Elementary. The remaining shares are 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Santa Cruz County's population at about 35%. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.3:1, with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.0 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 96% of enrollment. Public schools in Santa Cruz County average 52%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Amesti Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Amesti Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 10.3% actual against 23.5% predicted.
Santa Cruz County has these Census figures: the median household income is $111,093, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Cruz County is home to 83 public schools and about 36,316 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Pacific Coast Charter, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Amesti Elementary is 6th among 8 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Amesti Elementary's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 431 students in 2024-25, 78 fewer than the 509 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.2:1 to 18.3:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Amesti Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Santa Cruz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,926
Census ACS
Median income
$111,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pajaro Valley Unified
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Aptos HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Aptos Junior HighMiddle · 587 students
Other schools in Watsonville
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleMiddle · 548 students
- Bradley ElementaryElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Pacific Coast Charter0.4 mi · 132
- Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter0.5 mi · 207
- Freedom Elementary1.3 mi · 479
- Calabasas Elementary1.3 mi · 512
- H. A. Hyde Elementary1.4 mi · 476
- Diamond Technology Institute1.5 mi · 87
Frequently asked questions
About Amesti ElementaryHow many students attend Amesti Elementary?
Amesti Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-05.
Is Amesti Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Amesti Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Amesti Elementary?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Amesti Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Amesti Elementary?
At Amesti Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Amesti Elementary public or private?
Amesti Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pajaro Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.