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What tradition at Frank Ledesma Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLEDAD UNIFIED·NCES 063705010974
Frank Ledesma Elementary
973 Vista De Soledad, Soledad, CA 93960 · (831) 678-6320 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
22.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
416 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Frank Ledesma Elementary→Main Street Middle
Based on grade levels within Soledad Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.4pp since 2014
Math
20.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.3% | 22.3% | 22.3% | 46.0% |
| Math | 5.4% | 15.1% | 29.8% | 49.8% |
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 | 31.6% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 21.1% |
| 2022-23 | 30.7% | 23.6% |
| 2021-22 | 28.5% | 23.8% |
| 2018-19 | 44.0% | 35.2% |
| 2017-18 | 38.4% | 31.0% |
| 2016-17 | 36.7% | 32.5% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Frank Ledesma Elementary
Frank Ledesma Elementary's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ledesma Elementary this school | 464 | 89.7% | 27.0% |
| Whittier Elementary Costa Mesa | 454 | 89.4% | 26.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Sanger | 488 | 89.8% | 41.7% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Indio | 490 | 90.4% | 19.0% |
| Rio Plaza Elementary Oxnard | 455 | 88.4% | 16.1% |
| Echo Valley Elementary Salinas | 502 | 89.2% | 18.8% |
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 Frank Ledesma Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,851 of 5,151 | #32 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #4,265 of 5,172 ▼ 207 | #50 of 70 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,812 of 5,172 ▼ 575 | #32 of 70 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #1,764 of 5,116 | #24 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #2,869 of 5,915 | #50 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,267 of 5,352 | #25 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #4,932 of 5,354 | #41 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #1,140 of 5,625 | #18 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #1,826 of 3,837 | #26 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
464
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 631
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 464 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 90% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 20 | 23.7:1 | 80% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 21 | 23.1:1 | 72% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 19 | 25.7:1 | 90% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 21 | 26.5:1 | 87% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 23 | 25.9:1 | 78% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | N/A | N/A | 94% (593) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank Ledesma Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (557 to 464); teachers unchanged (21 to 21).
About Frank Ledesma Elementary
Frank Ledesma Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Soledad, California. School enrollment was 464 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
Besides Frank Ledesma Elementary, Soledad Unified runs 9 other schools. The district enrolls 4,805 students.
The student body at Frank Ledesma Elementary is 95% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Asian and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 62%. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Frank Ledesma Elementary operates with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 22.1:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Frank Ledesma Elementary reports 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 76% average for public schools in Monterey County is 14 points lower.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Frank Ledesma 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.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Frank Ledesma Elementary is 27.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.0%.
Among Monterey County residents, the median household income is $97,230, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Frank Ledesma Elementary, Monterey County has 152 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Soledad High, about 0.3 miles away. Frank Ledesma Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Frank Ledesma Elementary ranks 5th of 6 nearby schools, at 27.0% versus a 32.5% average.
Frank Ledesma Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Frank Ledesma Elementary's enrollment declined from 488 in 2020-21 to 464 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 25.7:1 to 22.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Frank Ledesma 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 Soledad Unified
- Soledad HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Main Street MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Rose Ferrero ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- San Vicente ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Gabilan ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Jack Franscioni ElementaryElementary · 439 students
Other schools in Soledad
- Soledad HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Main Street MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Rose Ferrero ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- San Vicente ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Gabilan ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Jack Franscioni ElementaryElementary · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Soledad High0.3 mi · 1,546
- Rose Ferrero Elementary0.4 mi · 530
- Pinnacles High0.5 mi · 41
- Soledad Virtual Academy0.5 mi · 62
- Main Street Middle0.6 mi · 754
- Soledad Transition Center0.7 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About Frank Ledesma ElementaryHow large is Frank Ledesma Elementary?
Frank Ledesma Elementary enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Frank Ledesma Elementary serve?
Frank Ledesma Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Frank Ledesma Elementary have?
Frank Ledesma Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Frank Ledesma Elementary?
Student demographics at Frank Ledesma Elementary are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Frank Ledesma Elementary in?
Frank Ledesma Elementary is part of Soledad Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.