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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALISAL UNION·NCES 060195000083
Bardin Elementary
425 Bardin Rd., Salinas, CA 93905 · (831) 753-5730 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
26.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
520 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (89).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
23.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.3pp since 2014
Math
16.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.6% | 17.7% | 23.3% | 53.4% |
| Math | 4.5% | 12.3% | 25.9% | 57.3% |
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 | 23.3% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 15.5% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 9.1% |
| 2021-22 | 15.9% | 10.2% |
| 2018-19 | 28.7% | 19.9% |
| 2017-18 | 27.7% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 21.8% | 16.8% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Bardin Elementary
Bardin Elementary's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bardin Elementary this school | 559 | 93.0% | 20.0% |
| Dool Elementary Calexico | 568 | 93.7% | 14.9% |
| McKinna Elementary Oxnard | 577 | 92.9% | 17.8% |
| Montara Avenue Elementary South Gate | 554 | 93.3% | 43.4% |
| Telfair Avenue Elementary Pacoima | 534 | 92.3% | 30.7% |
| Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary Salinas | 526 | 94.1% | 27.9% |
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 Bardin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,578 of 5,151 | #56 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,585 of 5,172 ▲ 51 | #58 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #4,623 of 5,172 ▼ 256 | #51 of 70 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,126 of 5,116 | #16 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #1,768 of 5,915 | #29 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.6:1 | #5,034 of 5,352 | #69 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.2% | #5,285 of 5,354 | #61 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #698 of 5,625 | #10 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #1,744 of 3,837 | #24 of 55 |
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
559
-86 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 559 | 21 | 26.6:1 | 93% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 23.5 | 23.2:1 | 93% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 26 | 22.7:1 | 95% (558) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 28 | 23.0:1 | 94% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 26 | 26.0:1 | 82% (552) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 28 | 26.6:1 | 90% (669) |
| 2010-11 | 881 | N/A | N/A | 100% (878) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 39 | 19.6:1 | 88% (671) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 34 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bardin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (675 to 559); teachers down 19% (26 to 21).
About Bardin Elementary
Bardin Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Salinas, California. Federal data show 559 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 20% larger than average.
Alisal Union runs Bardin Elementary along with 12 other schools, enrolling 7,303 students in total.
Roughly 98% of students at Bardin Elementary are Hispanic. County-wide, 62% of Monterey County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 3%.
Teacher count: 21 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 26.6:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 4.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 93%. The gap from the 76% average for public schools in Monterey County is 17 points.
Bardin Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools.
Bardin Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.0%, compared with a predicted 25.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Monterey County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $97,230, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 153 public schools in the county, enrolling about 73,845, Bardin Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Alisal Community, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Bardin Elementary is 8th among 9 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 86 students, from 645 to 559. Students per teacher increased from 23.0 in 2020-21 to 26.6 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Bardin Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alisal Union
- Monte Bella ElementaryElementary · 812 students
- Fremont ElementaryElementary · 711 students
- Jesse G. Sanchez ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Frank Paul ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Alisal CommunityElementary · 591 students
Other schools in Salinas
- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 students
- Salinas HighHigh · 2,380 students
- North Salinas HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Everett Alvarez HighHigh · 1,978 students
- Rancho San Juan HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Harden MiddleMiddle · 1,101 students
Nearby schools
- Alisal Community0.6 mi · 591
- Monte Bella Elementary0.6 mi · 812
- Alisal High0.7 mi · 2,742
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary1.0 mi · 628
- Fremont Elementary1.1 mi · 711
- Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary1.1 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Bardin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bardin Elementary?
Bardin Elementary enrolls approximately 559 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Bardin Elementary serve?
Bardin Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Bardin Elementary have?
Bardin Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bardin Elementary?
Student demographics at Bardin Elementary are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Bardin Elementary public or private?
Bardin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alisal Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.