Everett Alvarez High

Set in Salinas, California, Everett Alvarez High is a roomy 9-12 campus, operated by Salinas Union High. It caters to 1,978 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 136% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Salinas Union High, which oversees 12 schools and 15,703 students, Everett Alvarez High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Everett Alvarez High records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Asian. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at Everett Alvarez High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Monterey County's rate of about 76%.

After controlling for student poverty, Everett Alvarez High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monterey County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,230 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Everett Alvarez High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John E. Steinbeck Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Everett Alvarez High at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 24.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 2,645 students in 2018 compared to 1,978 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 88% to 94%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.