Ione Olson Elementary

Set in Marina, California, Ione Olson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus, operated by Monterey Peninsula Unified. It educates 409 students across grades K through 6.

Monterey Peninsula Unified runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 9,308 students. Ione Olson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ione Olson Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 24% White, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Ione Olson Elementary records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monterey County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ione Olson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.9%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -10.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Monterey County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,230 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Ione Olson Elementary is one of 153 public schools in Monterey County (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students).

Los Arboles Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ione Olson Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Ione Olson Elementary's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 409). White enrollment moved from 19% to 24% across the same window.

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