Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula

Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Seaside, California, one of the schools within Monterey Peninsula Unified. Current enrollment sits at 410 students spanning grades K through 8.

Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula is one of 18 schools operated by Monterey Peninsula Unified, a district that hosts 9,308 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula reports that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 29.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Monterey County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,230 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Monterey County runs 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), of which Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula is one.

The closest other public school is Martin Luther King, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 78% to 89%. Class-load math has grew: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

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