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What's the most underrated thing about Frank Paul Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALISAL UNION·NCES 060195007639
Frank Paul Elementary
1300 Rider Ave., Salinas, CA 93905 · (831) 753-5740 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- CBeats 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
24.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
587 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 139 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 78% larger than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
22.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
14.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.9% | 16.8% | 22.4% | 54.8% |
| Math | 5.5% | 8.8% | 27.4% | 58.2% |
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 | 22.7% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 17.6% |
| 2022-23 | 23.5% | 16.1% |
| 2021-22 | 22.5% | 13.1% |
| 2018-19 | 31.4% | 27.3% |
| 2017-18 | 25.4% | 17.8% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 22.1% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Paul Elementary
Frank Paul Elementary's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Paul Elementary this school | 638 | 92.0% | 20.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary Calexico | 625 | 91.5% | 21.6% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Coachella | 622 | 91.5% | 22.3% |
| Nueva Vista Elementary Bell | 636 | 93.1% | 36.3% |
| Cutler Elementary Cutler | 607 | 91.9% | 31.3% |
| Scholarship Prep - Orange County Santa Ana | 615 | 92.2% | N/A |
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 Paul Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,516 of 5,151 | #53 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #4,803 of 5,172 ▼ 366 | #64 of 70 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,668 of 5,172 ▼ 710 | #54 of 70 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,109 of 5,116 | #43 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #1,106 of 5,915 | #17 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,808 of 5,352 | #55 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #5,199 of 5,354 | #53 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #835 of 5,625 | #13 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #1,204 of 3,837 | #13 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
638
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 638 | 26.5 | 24.1:1 | 92% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 27 | 22.6:1 | 91% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 27 | 23.1:1 | 87% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 684 | 28 | 24.4:1 | 83% (569) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 32 | 25.5:1 | 98% (803) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 31 | 26.6:1 | 94% (774) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | N/A | N/A | 100% (802) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 37 | 21.4:1 | 88% (696) |
| 1990-91 | 831 | 32 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank Paul Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (817 to 638); teachers down 17% (32 to 26.5).
About Frank Paul Elementary
Among the schools in Salinas, California, is Frank Paul Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 638 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 37% bigger than that mark.
The district, Alisal Union, operates 13 schools serving 7,303 students.
Of every 100 students at Frank Paul Elementary, about 97 are Hispanic. Census figures show Monterey County is about 62% Hispanic. A diversity index of 5% means there is a 5% chance two randomly chosen students at Frank Paul Elementary are from different groups.
Teacher count: 26.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 24.1:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 92%. The 76% average for public schools in Monterey County is 16 points lower.
Frank Paul Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.6% for Frank Paul Elementary. The school posts 20.8%, 4.8 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Monterey County, 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's public schools total 153, with about 73,845 students.
La Paz Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Frank Paul Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Frank Paul Elementary at 8th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Frank Paul Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- 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
- La Paz Middle0.3 mi · 1,099
- Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary0.5 mi · 526
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.5 mi · 628
- Alisal High0.7 mi · 2,742
- Creekside Elementary0.8 mi · 534
- Alisal Virtual Academy0.8 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Frank Paul ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Frank Paul Elementary?
Frank Paul Elementary enrolls approximately 638 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Frank Paul Elementary serve?
Frank Paul Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Frank Paul Elementary have?
Frank Paul Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frank Paul Elementary?
At Frank Paul Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Frank Paul Elementary?
Frank Paul Elementary is overseen by Alisal Union in Monterey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.