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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Del Rey Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KING CITY UNION·NCES 061968009146
Del Rey Elementary
502 King St., King City, CA 93930 · (831) 385-4884 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- CBeats 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
21.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
534 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 146 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (146) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Del Rey Elementary→Chalone Peaks Middle
Based on grade levels within King City Union. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
25.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.3% | 19.8% | 22.9% | 45.0% |
| Math | 7.5% | 17.5% | 33.6% | 41.4% |
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 | 32.1% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 23.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.2% | 20.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.1% | 15.7% |
| 2018-19 | 33.3% | 30.6% |
| 2017-18 | 35.8% | 26.8% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 23.4% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Del Rey Elementary
Del Rey Elementary's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Elementary this school | 639 | 83.6% | 26.3% |
| Dolores Huerta International Academy Fontana | 639 | 82.6% | 38.8% |
| California iInspire Academy Orange | 699 | 83.1% | 37.7% |
| J. W. Oakley Elementary Brawley | 654 | 86.1% | 25.5% |
| Kern Avenue Elementary McFarland | 700 | 82.7% | 23.1% |
| KIPP Raices Academy Los Angeles | 619 | 80.9% | N/A |
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 Del Rey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #3,933 of 5,151 | #36 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #3,767 of 5,172 ▲ 20 | #36 of 70 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,773 of 5,172 ▲ 588 | #29 of 70 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #877 of 5,116 | #11 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #1,101 of 5,915 | #16 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,109 of 5,352 | #23 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #4,990 of 5,354 | #43 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,823 of 5,625 | #32 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #2,867 of 3,837 | #38 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
639
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 639 | 29.2 | 21.9:1 | 84% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 27.2 | 22.7:1 | 84% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 27.6 | 22.4:1 | 84% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 26 | 24.5:1 | 85% (543) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 90% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 32 | 22.5:1 | 88% (630) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | N/A | N/A | 84% (619) |
| 2000-01 | 961 | 48 | 20.0:1 | 64% (618) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 23 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Rey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (699 to 639); teachers down 9% (32 to 29.2).
About Del Rey Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in King City, California, Del Rey Elementary is part of King City Union. The school reports 639 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
The 4 schools of King City Union, including Del Rey Elementary, enroll 2,554 students.
Federal enrollment data show Del Rey Elementary is 95% Hispanic. Other groups make up 3% White. Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Del Rey Elementary total 29.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.9:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school counts 534 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 84%.
allk12 grades Del Rey Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Del Rey Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.3%, compared with a predicted 30.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Monterey County this way: the median household income is $97,230, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Del Rey Elementary, Monterey County has 152 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Santa Lucia Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Del Rey Elementary has 6 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Del Rey Elementary ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 26.3% versus a 27.3% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 636 in 2020-21, 639 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.9:1.
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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 King City Union
- Chalone Peaks MiddleMiddle · 854 students
- Santa Lucia ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- King City Arts MagnetElementary · 424 students
- Phoenix Academy Community DayMiddle
- Special Education PreschoolElementary
Other schools in King City
- King City HighHigh · 1,199 students
- Chalone Peaks MiddleMiddle · 854 students
- Santa Lucia ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- King City Arts MagnetElementary · 424 students
- Portola-Butler Continuation HighHigh · 115 students
- Pinnacle Coastal Valley HighHigh · 77 students
Other Del Rey Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 1 state are named Del Rey Elementary. Del Rey Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Del Rey ElementaryVictorville, CA · 644 students
- Del Rey ElementaryOrinda, CA · 435 students
- Del Rey ElementarySan Lorenzo, CA · 373 students
- Del Rey ElementaryDel Rey, CA · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Lucia Elementary0.2 mi · 637
- Chalone Peaks Middle0.3 mi · 854
- Portola-Butler Continuation High0.5 mi · 115
- King City High0.5 mi · 1,199
- Pinnacle Coastal Valley High0.5 mi · 77
- King City Arts Magnet0.6 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Del Rey ElementaryHow large is Del Rey Elementary?
Del Rey Elementary enrolls approximately 639 students in grades KG-05.
Is Del Rey Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Del Rey Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Del Rey Elementary?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Del Rey Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Del Rey Elementary?
Student demographics at Del Rey Elementary are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Del Rey Elementary?
Del Rey Elementary is overseen by King City Union in Monterey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.