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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH MONTEREY COUNTY UNIFIED·NCES 062759004141
Echo Valley Elementary
147 Echo Valley Rd., Salinas, CA 93907 · (831) 663-2308 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- 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
23.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
448 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 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
21.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
15.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 4 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 | 5.5% | 16.1% | 23.4% | 55.0% |
| Math | 5.4% | 10.4% | 33.2% | 51.1% |
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 | 21.6% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 16.6% |
| 2022-23 | 15.0% | 11.8% |
| 2021-22 | 11.7% | 9.4% |
| 2018-19 | 25.3% | 16.6% |
| 2017-18 | 19.0% | 15.2% |
| 2016-17 | 17.5% | 11.7% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Echo Valley Elementary
Echo Valley Elementary's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Valley Elementary this school | 502 | 89.2% | 18.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Sanger | 505 | 88.5% | 32.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary Sanger | 488 | 89.8% | 41.7% |
| Hubbard Street Elementary Sylmar | 535 | 88.6% | 38.9% |
| Paramount Elementary Azusa | 513 | 88.3% | 33.5% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Indio | 490 | 90.4% | 19.0% |
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 Echo Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #4,671 of 5,151 | #60 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #4,682 of 5,172 ▼ 155 | #60 of 70 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #4,752 of 5,172 ▼ 80 | #56 of 70 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.1pp | #902 of 5,116 | #12 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #2,406 of 5,915 | #40 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,257 of 5,352 | #45 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #4,886 of 5,354 | #38 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #1,192 of 5,625 | #19 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #3,259 of 3,837 | #48 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
502
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 502 | 21.5 | 23.4:1 | 89% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 22 | 24.0:1 | 90% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 21 | 25.6:1 | 85% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 84% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 88% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 24 | 24.8:1 | 81% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | N/A | N/A | 77% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 59% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 23 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Echo Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (531 to 502); teachers down 7% (23 to 21.5).
About Echo Valley Elementary
Among the schools in Salinas, California, is Echo Valley Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 502 students across kindergarten through 6.
Echo Valley Elementary is one school in an 8-school district, North Monterey County Unified, which enrolls 4,289 students.
Federal enrollment data show Echo Valley Elementary is 94% Hispanic. Other groups make up 3% White. Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 11%, meaning two students picked at random have an 11% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Echo Valley Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 23.4:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The lunch program counts 89% of students at Echo Valley Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Monterey County average 76%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Echo Valley 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.
Echo Valley Elementary is 8.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (18.8% versus 27.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Among Monterey County residents, the median household income is $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Echo Valley Elementary is one of 153 public schools in the county.
Prunedale Elementary is located about 3.3 miles from Echo Valley Elementary. The five-mile area around Echo Valley Elementary holds 6 other public schools. Nearby schools average 30.0% on proficiency, and Echo Valley Elementary is below that at 18.8%.
Locale data from NCES put Echo Valley Elementary in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 511 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 502.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Echo Valley Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 North Monterey County Unified
- North Monterey County HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Prunedale ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- North Monterey County MiddleMiddle · 624 students
- Castroville ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Elkhorn ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- North Monterey County Center for Independent StudyHigh · 96 students
Other schools in Salinas
- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 students
- Salinas HighHigh · 2,380 students
- North Salinas HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Everett Alvarez HighHigh · 1,978 students
- Rancho San Juan HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Harden MiddleMiddle · 1,101 students
Nearby schools
- Prunedale Elementary3.3 mi · 644
- Central Bay High (Continuation)3.5 mi · 23
- North Monterey County Center for Independent Study3.5 mi · 96
- Elkhorn Elementary3.5 mi · 550
- Hall District Elementary4.1 mi · 470
- Aromas4.6 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Echo Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Echo Valley Elementary?
Echo Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Echo Valley Elementary serve?
Echo Valley Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Echo Valley Elementary have?
Echo Valley Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
How diverse is Echo Valley Elementary?
Echo Valley Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Echo Valley Elementary in?
Echo Valley Elementary is part of North Monterey County Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.