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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Del Rey Woods Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEREY PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062553003823
Del Rey Woods Elementary
1281 Plumas Ave., Seaside, CA 93955 · (831) 392-3907 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
19.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
343 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
31.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.3pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.2pp 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 27 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.9% | 19.8% | 31.4% | 36.9% |
| Math | 11.0% | 15.8% | 28.7% | 44.5% |
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 | 31.8% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 16.9% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 19.1% |
| 2018-19 | 46.6% | 48.3% |
| 2017-18 | 45.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016-17 | 48.5% | 54.4% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Woods Elementary
Del Rey Woods Elementary's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Woods Elementary this school | 390 | 87.9% | 26.4% |
| Nevada Avenue Elementary West Hills | 379 | 87.3% | 31.4% |
| Joel J. Hidahl Elementary Ceres | 393 | 86.0% | 24.9% |
| Lassen Elementary North Hills | 412 | 89.1% | 40.3% |
| Rosemary Kennedy Elementary Riverside | 398 | 85.9% | 31.1% |
| E. J. Marshall Elementary Chino | 417 | 89.2% | 43.7% |
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 Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #3,929 of 5,151 | #35 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,568 of 5,172 ▲ 937 | #27 of 70 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,798 of 5,172 ▲ 55 | #30 of 70 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,758 of 5,116 | #30 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #3,814 of 5,915 | #66 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #590 of 5,352 | #4 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #3,861 of 5,354 | #19 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #1,336 of 5,625 | #25 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #2,311 of 3,837 | #31 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
390
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 390 | 20.3 | 19.2:1 | 88% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 21 | 20.2:1 | 87% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 23.4 | 19.9:1 | 88% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 19 | 19.8:1 | 91% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 89% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 93% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | N/A | N/A | 92% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 75% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Rey Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (448 to 390); teachers up 2% (20 to 20.3).
About Del Rey Woods Elementary
Del Rey Woods Elementary is one of the public schools in Seaside, California. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 390 students, from kindergarten through 6.
Del Rey Woods Elementary is one of 18 schools in Monterey Peninsula Unified, which enrolls 9,308 students in total.
About 82% of the student body at Del Rey Woods Elementary is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 6% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Monterey County's population at about 62%. Del Rey Woods Elementary's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Del Rey Woods Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 19.2:1. That is 3.1 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 88%. That rate is above the 76% average among public schools in Monterey County.
The allk12 Grade for Del Rey Woods Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Del Rey Woods Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 26.4% actual against 28.0% predicted.
Monterey County has about 437,613 residents, and 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 Woods Elementary, Monterey County has 152 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Del Rey Woods Elementary is 3rd among 5 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, Del Rey Woods Elementary's enrollment grew 4%, to 390.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Del Rey Woods Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Monterey Peninsula Unified
- Monterey HighHigh · 1,401 students
- Seaside HighHigh · 1,073 students
- Marina HighHigh · 721 students
- La MesaElementary · 689 students
- Monte VistaElementary · 688 students
- J. C. Crumpton ElementaryElementary · 562 students
Other schools in Seaside
- Seaside HighHigh · 1,073 students
- Martin Luther KingElementary · 548 students
- Seaside MiddleMiddle · 521 students
- George C. Marshall ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- International School of MontereyElementary · 439 students
- Dual Language Academy of the Monterey PeninsulaElementary · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula0.8 mi · 410
- Martin Luther King1.0 mi · 548
- International School of Monterey1.2 mi · 439
- Ord Terrace Elementary1.5 mi · 397
- Bay View Academy1.5 mi · 477
- Seaside High1.7 mi · 1,073
Frequently asked questions
About Del Rey Woods ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Del Rey Woods Elementary?
Del Rey Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Del Rey Woods Elementary serve?
Del Rey Woods Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Del Rey Woods Elementary have?
Del Rey Woods Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
How diverse is Del Rey Woods Elementary?
Del Rey Woods Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Del Rey Woods Elementary in?
Del Rey Woods Elementary is part of Monterey Peninsula Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.