Chalone Peaks Middle

As a medium-sized junior high in King City, California, Chalone Peaks Middle educates 854 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within King City Union. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Chalone Peaks Middle sits 30% above that benchmark.

King City Union comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,554 students; Chalone Peaks Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chalone Peaks Middle shows that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Chalone Peaks Middle has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Chalone Peaks Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Chalone Peaks Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monterey County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chalone Peaks Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 18.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monterey County indicate median household income runs about $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Chalone Peaks Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Del Rey Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chalone Peaks Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 840 students in 2018 compared to 854 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 92% to 96% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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