Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PACIFIC GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 062937004528
Forest Grove Elementary
1065 Congress Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950 · (831) 646-6560 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- C+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
16.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
72 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Forest Grove Elementary→Pacific Grove Middle
Based on grade levels within Pacific Grove Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
58.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.4pp since 2014
Math
54.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.2% | 22.4% | 21.8% | 19.5% |
| Math | 28.8% | 25.4% | 26.6% | 19.2% |
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 | 58.6% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 57.5% |
| 2022-23 | 59.1% | 54.3% |
| 2021-22 | 62.3% | 49.2% |
| 2018-19 | 69.2% | 58.5% |
| 2017-18 | 68.8% | 58.9% |
| 2016-17 | 61.1% | 52.9% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Forest Grove Elementary
Forest Grove Elementary's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Grove Elementary this school | 324 | 22.2% | 58.4% |
| Naples Elementary Long Beach | 338 | 25.7% | 80.5% |
| Wildwood Elementary Thousand Oaks | 390 | 20.0% | 75.3% |
| Kellogg Elementary Goleta | 369 | 24.9% | 60.6% |
| Sycamore Elementary Claremont | 350 | 22.0% | 77.6% |
| Vallecito Elementary San Rafael | 408 | 19.6% | 63.5% |
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 Forest Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #1,200 of 5,151 | #6 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #1,353 of 5,172 ▼ 233 | #6 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #1,426 of 5,172 ▼ 328 | #6 of 70 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,136 of 5,116 | #44 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #4,537 of 5,915 | #68 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #113 of 5,352 | #1 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #1,146 of 5,354 | #5 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #5,073 of 5,625 | #69 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #531 of 3,837 | #2 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
324
-67 (-17%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 324 | 19.3 | 16.8:1 | 22% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 21.5 | 16.0:1 | 21% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 21.5 | 18.0:1 | 19% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 22% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 22.5 | 20.6:1 | 26% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 18 | 26.3:1 | 28% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | N/A | N/A | 22% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 11% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 18 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (464 to 324); teachers down 14% (22.5 to 19.3).
About Forest Grove Elementary
Forest Grove Elementary is an elementary school in Pacific Grove, California, and it is part of Pacific Grove Unified. Total enrollment is 324 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Forest Grove Elementary is part of Pacific Grove Unified, where 5 schools serve 1,749 students.
No group is above 50% at Forest Grove Elementary; the largest is White, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Monterey County, the White share is about 36%. The diversity index for Forest Grove Elementary is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 19.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.8:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 5.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 22%. Among public schools in Monterey County, the average eligibility rate is 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Forest Grove Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 51% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Forest Grove Elementary is 8.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Census data for Monterey County show median household income comes to about $97,230, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 153 public schools and about 73,845 students.
Pacific Grove High is about 0.2 miles from Forest Grove Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Forest Grove Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment fell 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.8:1) than in 2020-21 (18.6:1).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Pacific Grove Unified
- Pacific Grove HighHigh · 552 students
- Pacific Grove MiddleMiddle · 439 students
- Robert Down ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Community High (Continuation)High · 12 students
Other schools in Pacific Grove
- Pacific Grove HighHigh · 552 students
- Monterey Bay CharterElementary · 475 students
- Pacific Grove MiddleMiddle · 439 students
- Robert Down ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Community High (Continuation)High · 12 students
Other Forest Grove Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Forest Grove Elementary. Forest Grove Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Forest Grove ElementarySterling, VA · 529 students
- Forest Grove ElementaryBettendorf, IA · 332 students
- Forest Grove Elementary SchoolHUDSONVILLE, MI · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Pacific Grove High0.2 mi · 552
- Community High (Continuation)0.3 mi · 12
- Monterey Bay Charter0.3 mi · 475
- Pacific Grove Middle0.5 mi · 439
- Robert Down Elementary0.8 mi · 422
- Monte Vista1.5 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Grove ElementaryHow large is Forest Grove Elementary?
Forest Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Forest Grove Elementary serve?
Forest Grove Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Forest Grove Elementary have?
Forest Grove Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Forest Grove Elementary?
Student demographics at Forest Grove Elementary are roughly 49% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Forest Grove Elementary in?
Forest Grove Elementary is part of Pacific Grove Unified.
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