Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINAS CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063393005319
Boronda Elementary
1114 Fontes Ln., Salinas, CA 93907 · (831) 753-5615 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
22.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
122 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 128% larger than its 6th grade class (32).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
30.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2018
Math
34.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2018
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 10 points since 2018, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.6% | 21.3% | 34.6% | 34.6% |
| Math | 11.8% | 22.8% | 29.4% | 36.0% |
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 | 30.9% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 30.8% |
| 2022-23 | 23.1% | 27.4% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 19.6% |
| 2018-19 | 21.1% | 34.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Boronda Elementary
Boronda Elementary's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boronda Elementary this school | 288 | 42.4% | 31.6% |
| El Verano Elementary Sonoma | 314 | 47.8% | 25.4% |
| Antelope Elementary Littlerock | 286 | 52.4% | 13.8% |
| Del Roble Elementary San Jose | 420 | 41.9% | 41.3% |
| El Camino Elementary Santa Barbara | 350 | 46.6% | 37.9% |
| Gabriela Mistral Elementary Mountain View | 366 | 48.4% | 47.5% |
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 Boronda Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,321 of 5,151 | #22 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #2,783 of 5,172 ▲ 209 | #15 of 70 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,895 of 5,172 ▼ 417 | #34 of 70 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #391 of 5,116 | #5 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #4,866 of 5,915 | #69 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,300 of 5,352 | #27 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #4,335 of 5,354 | #25 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #4,239 of 5,625 | #62 of 74 |
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
288
+32 (+13%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 288 | 13 | 22.1:1 | 42% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 13 | 20.9:1 | 47% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 13 | 20.5:1 | 45% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 11 | 23.3:1 | 55% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 7 | 20.3:1 | 54% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 75 | 3 | 25.0:1 | 48% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 24 | 20.2:1 | 77% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 198 | 11 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boronda Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 103% (142 to 288); teachers up 86% (7 to 13).
About Boronda Elementary
Boronda Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Salinas, California. The school's 288 students are in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Salinas City Elementary oversees Boronda Elementary and 14 other schools, with 8,236 students in total.
Hispanic students make up 88% of enrollment at Boronda Elementary. The remaining shares are 5% White, 2% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Monterey County's population at about 62%. Boronda Elementary's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 22.1 students per teacher and 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Monterey County average 76%.
allk12 grades Boronda Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Boronda Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 54.7%, so the school is 23.1 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Census estimates describe Monterey County this way: the median household income is $97,230, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Monterey County has 153 public schools and roughly 73,845 students.
The school nearest to Boronda Elementary is Boronda Meadows, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Boronda Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Boronda Elementary falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, Boronda Elementary's enrollment climbed 13%, to 288. The school's ratio fell from 23.3:1 to 22.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Salinas City Elementary
- Sherwood ElementaryElementary · 859 students
- Henry F. Kammann ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- Natividad ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Mission Park ElementaryElementary · 657 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Boronda MeadowsElementary · 620 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
- Boronda Meadows0.4 mi · 620
- Oasis Charter Public0.6 mi · 193
- Laurel Wood Elementary0.8 mi · 417
- Salinas City Virtual Academy0.9 mi · 99
- Henry F. Kammann Elementary0.9 mi · 743
- Graves Elementary1.5 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Boronda ElementaryHow many students attend Boronda Elementary?
Boronda Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Boronda Elementary serve?
Boronda Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Boronda Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Boronda Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boronda Elementary?
At Boronda Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Boronda Elementary public or private?
Boronda Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salinas City Elementary.
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