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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALISAL UNION·NCES 060195008530
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary
1505 Cougar Dr., Salinas, CA 93905 · (831) 751-1945 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
21.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
511 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 118 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 40% larger than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
28.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
20.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 20.1% | 22.9% | 48.3% |
| Math | 4.9% | 16.0% | 27.8% | 51.4% |
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 | 28.8% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 18.3% |
| 2022-23 | 26.6% | 19.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.6% | 13.6% |
| 2018-19 | 39.1% | 30.7% |
| 2017-18 | 33.9% | 22.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.8% | 21.2% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary this school | 573 | 89.2% | 23.6% |
| Sheppard Elementary Santa Rosa | 577 | 88.6% | 34.3% |
| Euclid Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 578 | 89.8% | 37.8% |
| Planada Elementary Planada | 583 | 90.6% | 31.2% |
| James A. Forrest Elementary Wasco | 576 | 89.4% | 29.3% |
| Horizon Elementary McFarland | 542 | 87.8% | 37.7% |
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 Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,237 of 5,151 | #44 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,220 of 5,172 ▲ 140 | #49 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #4,091 of 5,172 ▲ 126 | #39 of 70 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #1,306 of 5,116 | #19 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,613 of 5,915 | #25 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,899 of 5,352 | #20 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #5,254 of 5,354 | #56 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #1,206 of 5,625 | #21 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #1,421 of 3,837 | #16 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
573
-83 (-13%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 573 | 26.5 | 21.6:1 | 89% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 26 | 22.1:1 | 95% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 96% (577) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 28 | 23.4:1 | 94% (615) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 28 | 25.6:1 | 87% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 29 | 25.1:1 | 87% (632) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | N/A | N/A | 100% (781) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 85% (527) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (716 to 573); teachers down 5% (28 to 26.5).
About Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Salinas, California. It educates 573 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Alisal Union runs Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary along with 12 other schools, enrolling 7,303 students in total.
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary enrolls a student body that is 98% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Monterey County is roughly 62% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary comes in at 4%.
A ratio of 21.6:1 comes from the school's 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 89% of students at Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 13 points above the 76% average for public schools in Monterey County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary is 3.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 23.6% actual, 27.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary is located in Monterey County, where median household income is about $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 153 public schools in Monterey County, with a combined enrollment of about 73,845.
Of nearby public schools, Alisal High is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 656 to 573. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.4:1 to 21.6:1 over the same years.
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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
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- Alisal Community0.7 mi · 591
- Frank Paul Elementary0.8 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Oscar F. Loya ElementaryHow many students attend Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary?
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary serve?
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary have?
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
How diverse is Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary?
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary?
Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary is overseen by Alisal Union in Monterey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.