Total enrollment
9,308
+477 (+5%) vs SY 2020-21
21 schools in Monterey Peninsula Unified
California · 9,308 students · 3 cities
Monterey Peninsula Unified hosts 21 public K-12 schools inside California, collectively enrolling about 9,308 students (around 443 per school).
4-year change in Monterey Peninsula Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
18
-1 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Monterey Peninsula Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #330 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9,308 | #163 of 587 | #1,000 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 18 | #115 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #201 of 587 | #8,495 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 70.4% | #248 of 587 | #1,912 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #228 of 530 | #1,983 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Monterey Peninsula Unified
State test results across the district's 15 scored schools run from La Mesa at 53.6% proficient to Martin Luther King at 14.8%, a gap of 38.9 points. That is the 139th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 18 district schools that reported both years went from 8,881 to 9,308 students (up 5%) and from 436 to 447 full-time teachers (up 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey High | Monterey | High | 09-12 | 1,401 |
| Seaside High | Seaside | High | 09-12 | 1,073 |
| Marina High | Marina | High | 09-12 | 721 |
| La Mesa | Monterey | Elementary | KG-08 | 689 |
| Monte Vista | Monterey | Elementary | KG-08 | 688 |
| J. C. Crumpton Elementary | Marina | Elementary | KG-06 | 562 |
| Martin Luther King | Seaside | Elementary | KG-06 | 548 |
| Seaside Middle | Seaside | Middle | 07-08 | 521 |
| George C. Marshall Elementary | Seaside | Elementary | KG-06 | 516 |
| Marina Vista Elementary | Marina | Elementary | KG-06 | 466 |
| Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula | Seaside | Elementary | KG-08 | 410 |
| Ione Olson Elementary | Marina | Elementary | KG-06 | 409 |
| Los Arboles Middle | Marina | Middle | 07-08 | 408 |
| Ord Terrace Elementary | Seaside | Elementary | KG-06 | 397 |
| Del Rey Woods Elementary | Seaside | Elementary | KG-06 | 390 |
| Central Coast High | Seaside | High | 09-12 | 103 |
| Monterey Peninsula UNF SCH DIST COM Day MID | Seaside | Middle | 06-08 | 3 |
| Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Community Day | Seaside | High | 09-12 | 3 |
| Marina Children's Center | Marina | Elementary | M-M | · |
| SEASIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER | Seaside | Elementary | M-M | · |
| Walter Colton | Monterey | Combined | M-M | · |
About Monterey Peninsula Unified
Monterey Peninsula Unified is a sparse California school district running 21 schools with combined enrollment near 9,308.
On the school-mix side, Monterey Peninsula Unified consists of 12 elementary, 3 middle, 5 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 443 in this district, noticeably below the California typical of 578.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment increased 5%: 8,831 students in SY 2020-21 versus 9,308 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Monterey Peninsula Unified closed 1 school, going from 19 to 18.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Monterey Peninsula Unified discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.